fmt-maven-plugin
Opinionated Maven Plugin that formats your Java code. (by spotify)
spotless
Keep your code spotless (by diffplug)
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2 | 11 | |
309 | 4,194 | |
1.6% | 1.8% | |
6.6 | 9.7 | |
27 days ago | 7 days ago | |
Java | Java | |
MIT License | Apache License 2.0 |
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fmt-maven-plugin
Posts with mentions or reviews of fmt-maven-plugin.
We have used some of these posts to build our list of alternatives
and similar projects. The last one was on 2022-03-09.
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Zero Config Code Formatter?
https://github.com/spotify/fmt-maven-plugin (formerly coveo) both to format before commit and to check on ci that the formatting is correct.
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What java formatter do you use for formatting source code?
Coveo is another one that's easier to set up because /drumroll - there are no configurations at all. It uses the google java format which, as /u/dpash pointed out in his response has 2 space indentation and comically short lines. I'm not advocating 300 line lengths or anything, but google's style is very rigid in that regard. I've actually gotten used to the 2 space thing.
spotless
Posts with mentions or reviews of spotless.
We have used some of these posts to build our list of alternatives
and similar projects. The last one was on 2024-05-06.
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We Have Code Quality At Home: Open Source Java Code Quality Tools
Spotless is an open-source, multi-language, customizable code formatter for projects. It comes with a Maven Plugin that can be customized as needed.
- FLiPN-FLaNK Stack for March 6, 2023
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Programming Breakthroughs We Need
Some code formatters such as Spotless (https://github.com/diffplug/spotless/tree/main/plugin-gradle...) allow you to format code only in files that have changes against some designated branch such as `master`. So, you check out your feature branch, make changes, do some commits, and run spotless. Only the files which have some changes between your workspace and the master branch will be formatted. This allows you to gradually format the project as and when files would be changed anyways.
- What supporting tools (linting, style/formatting, etc) are you using nowadays?
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How does Apache ShardingSphere standardize and format code? We use Spotless
As a Top-Level Apache open source project, ShardingSphere has 400 contributors as of today. Since most developers do not have the same coding style, it is not easy to standardize the project’s overall code format in a GitHub open collaboration model. To solve this issue, ShardingSphere uses Spotless to unify code formatting.
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Use semantic indenting
But please just use an code formatter like spotless. Or better yet set it as a pre commit hook. You will thank yourself later, and so will all of your coworkers.
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Zero Config Code Formatter?
I use Spotless but it’s not as opiniotated as Prettier or Black
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The obligatory braces and if/else questions
I use Spotless and it works quite well, but there are many other options. Also good IDEs can reformat your code.
- Java Cheatsheet to refresh the basic concepts of Java
- Is there any actively maintained Java library to format code?
What are some alternatives?
When comparing fmt-maven-plugin and spotless you can also consider the following projects:
google-java-format - Reformats Java source code to comply with Google Java Style.
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.