PMD
An extensible multilanguage static code analyzer. (by pmd)
Spotbugs
SpotBugs is FindBugs' successor. A tool for static analysis to look for bugs in Java code. (by spotbugs)
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PMD | Spotbugs | |
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18 | 17 | |
4,203 | 2,993 | |
1.8% | 1.8% | |
9.9 | 9.6 | |
5 days ago | 3 days ago | |
Java | Java | |
GNU General Public License v3.0 or later | GNU Lesser General Public License v3.0 only |
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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.
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.
PMD
Posts with mentions or reviews of PMD.
We have used some of these posts to build our list of alternatives
and similar projects. The last one was on 2023-02-04.
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Custom Gradle Plugin for Unified Static Code Analysis
PMD and Checkstyle are static analysis tools that check your code on each project build. Gradle allows to apply them easily.
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Spring Boot – Black Box Testing
The generated classes should be put into .gitignore. Otherwise, if you have Checkstyle, PMD, or SonarQube in your project, then generated classes can violate some rules. Besides, if you don't put them into .gitignore, then each pull request might become huge due to the fact that even a slightest fix can lead to lots of changes in the generated classes.
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After Java tutorials, now what???
- PMD Static Code Analysis tool: https://pmd.github.io/
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Ask HN: What is a modern Java environment?
PMD, Spotbugs, Nullaway: Java linting/static analysis (https://pmd.github.io, https://spotbugs.github.io, https://github.com/uber/NullAway)
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Code smell plugin
PMD, and checkstyle as well.
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Writing Clean and Consistent Code with Static Analysis using PMD and Apex
Nearly every programming language has a static analyzer of its own. For example, golang has gofmt, which is baked into the standard tooling, while Ruby has Rubocop, a community-led project. Even compiled languages like C have their own static analyzer through astyle. However, it can be difficult (and tedious) to run several analyzers across polyglot projects. Fortunately, that’s where a project like PMD can be of assistance. PMD is a static analyzer that allows you to define a standard set of rules that can be applied over multiple languages.
Open up the config/ruleset.xml file, and you’ll find an XML document that lists several rules. These rules map to the issues which PMD will report on. Believe it or not, there are hundreds of Apex rules, and you can find the full set at the PMD repo. You have complete control over which rules to enable. Typically, you’d determine which ones are important by agreeing with your teammates on the ones that matter most. After all, their code will be statically analyzed, too!
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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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How to setup CI/CD for org-based development?
For PMD specifically, we use the PMD command line tool (Github) and wire it together with some bash scripting. Most pipelines will allow you to write bash as needed. The SFDX scanner command didn't exist when we implemented this, you might be able to use that instead.
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Is it possible to measure spaghettiness of code?
This is the definition of cohesion and there are many great tools to calculate cohesion metrics (depending on the programming language e.g Java). Cohesion metrics belong to a bigger set of metrics called OOP metrics (or ck metrics). Check out the following links: https://github.com/mauricioaniche/ck https://github.com/cqfn/jpeek https://github.com/rodhilton/jasome https://github.com/pmd/pmd
Spotbugs
Posts with mentions or reviews of Spotbugs.
We have used some of these posts to build our list of alternatives
and similar projects. The last one was on 2023-01-19.
- Primeiros passos no desenvolvimento Java em 2023: um guia particular
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Ask HN: What is a modern Java environment?
PMD, Spotbugs, Nullaway: Java linting/static analysis (https://pmd.github.io, https://spotbugs.github.io, https://github.com/uber/NullAway)
- What are some useful static analyzers for Java?
- Go CheckLocks Analyzer
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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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SpotBugs supports SARIF that supports integration with other SAST tools
First, it's better to use SpotBugs 4.4.1 and above, that includes a fix to make SARIF report compatible with Github code scanning API requirements.
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Looking for a Static Code Analysis tool for Scala Code
If you don’t have checkmarx/Vera code money, have you looked at https://find-sec-bugs.github.io/? It can be used with a few things such as https://spotbugs.github.io/ and sonarQ
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An Incomplete List of Practical Security for Mortals
some good tools for general code analysis (Java): Sonarqube, PMD, SpotBugs
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Conducting SAST for Java Applications
Static application security testing (SAST) is essential in tackling the source code vulnerabilities, late diagnosis of problems, and lack of root-cause analysis. This post describes how to carry out SAST in your Java application using SpotBugs.
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Web Application Security Checklist (2021)
SpotBugs
What are some alternatives?
When comparing PMD and Spotbugs you can also consider the following projects:
SonarQube - Continuous Inspection
FindBugs - The new home of the FindBugs project
SonarJava - :coffee: SonarSource Static Analyzer for Java Code Quality and Security
Error Prone - Catch common Java mistakes as compile-time errors
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.
infer - A static analyzer for Java, C, C++, and Objective-C
semgrep - Lightweight static analysis for many languages. Find bug variants with patterns that look like source code.