Checkstyle
Checkstyle is a development tool to help programmers write Java code that adheres to a coding standard. By default it supports the Google Java Style Guide and Sun Code Conventions, but is highly configurable. It can be invoked with an ANT task and a command line program. (by checkstyle)
Error Prone
Catch common Java mistakes as compile-time errors (by google)
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Checkstyle | Error Prone | |
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15 | 16 | |
8,100 | 6,696 | |
0.9% | 0.7% | |
9.9 | 9.4 | |
about 9 hours ago | 6 days ago | |
Java | Java | |
GNU Lesser General Public License v3.0 only | Apache License 2.0 |
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Stars - the number of stars that a project has on GitHub. Growth - month over month growth in stars.
Activity is a relative number indicating how actively a project is being developed. Recent commits have higher weight than older ones.
For example, an activity of 9.0 indicates that a project is amongst the top 10% of the most actively developed projects that we are tracking.
Checkstyle
Posts with mentions or reviews of Checkstyle.
We have used some of these posts to build our list of alternatives
and similar projects. The last one was on 2022-08-25.
- 5 easy paths to become a recognized Java expert. Really. For free.
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How does Apache ShardingSphere standardize and format code? We use Spotless
1. Conflicts between Spotless and Checkstyle Checkstyle is a tool for checking Java source code for compliance with code standards or a set of validation rules (best practices).
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Seriously who cares about the warnings
Never had anything like that though for four years my life revolved around getting PMD, checkstyle and Sonar rules to pass so my pull request would merge.
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Code smell plugin
PMD, and checkstyle as well.
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How can I help my partner write better code?
I’m a little out of date with Java, but I believe Checkstyle is currently popular: https://github.com/checkstyle/checkstyle
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Why You Need Static Code Analysis
Another example can be applied to code quality itself. Most static analyzers are configurable. If you tried to set Checkstyle Google configuration to the mature project, you would probably get hundreds or even thousands of errors. You can start with just one rule. Ar first glance, it seems not so important. But after the moment when the configuration reaches the repository, you can be sure that no one else can violate this rule in the future.
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I have made a list of 55 plus open source software list for doing various tasks
Checkstyle: a tool that helps programmers write Java code that adheres to a coding standard: https://github.com/checkstyle/checkstyle
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Java formatter
So I was there once, sharing my solution. For my current project I use the java formatter jar, but on my previous work I was using checkstyle, you can get it from here: Checkstyle. Then pass your checkstyle xml format config.
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I want to set some standards and practices around the development process at my company. Just looking for any tips. Has anyone done this before? Is there any reference material you might suggest?
On the coding standards side, use linters like https://github.com/checkstyle/checkstyle and https://github.com/eslint/eslint so you have an automated way to detect some errors and enforce style standards.
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Design an Effective Build Stage for Continuous Integration
sem-version java 11 wget https://github.com/checkstyle/checkstyle/releases/download/checkstyle-8.41/checkstyle-8.41-all.jar java -jar checkstyle-8.41-all.jar -c /sun_checks.xml MyFile.java
Error Prone
Posts with mentions or reviews of Error Prone.
We have used some of these posts to build our list of alternatives
and similar projects. The last one was on 2023-05-27.
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Any library you would like to recommend to others as it helps you a lot? For me, mapstruct is one of them. Hopefully I would hear some other nice libraries I never try.
error-prone is good for some extra static analysis.
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How to use Java Records
A special kind of validation is enforcing that record fields are not null. (Un)fortunately, records do not have any special behavior regarding nullability. You can use tools like NullAway or Error Prone to prevent null in your code in general, or you can add checks to your records:
- Prusti: Static Analyzer for Rust
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Why is `suspend` a language keyword, but @Composable and @Serializable are annotations
I am all in favour to more third side libraries adding functionalities, like Lombok, Manifold and error prone. As well as smaller projects like this shameless plug and what appears in this list
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Picnic loves Error Prone: producing high-quality and consistent Java code
If only Google didn't suck when it came to Java9+ support... https://github.com/google/error-prone/issues/2649
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What does the future hold for Project Amber?
I haven't used it. I use Google's ErrorProne + Lombok to prevent NPEs in java.
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Plans for Compile-time Null Pointer Safety?
Take a look at NullAway, a plugin for Error Prone.
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Is there a tool to track CVEs for the software that we use?
While at it you could also point them to static code analyzers such as error_prone, spotbugs and pmd (use all 3 at once - they complement each other in detecting different issues).
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Top 5 Java Linters
5. Error Prone
- Break backward compatibility
What are some alternatives?
When comparing Checkstyle and Error Prone you can also consider the following projects:
spotless - Keep your code spotless
SonarQube - Continuous Inspection
Spotbugs - SpotBugs is FindBugs' successor. A tool for static analysis to look for bugs in Java code.
PMD - An extensible multilanguage static code analyzer.
FindBugs - The new home of the FindBugs project
infer - A static analyzer for Java, C, C++, and Objective-C
SonarJava - :coffee: SonarSource Static Analyzer for Java Code Quality and Security
Lombok - Very spicy additions to the Java programming language.