[ajug-members] Eclipse Plug-ins

[Björn Gustafsson]

PMD is a rule-based static source code analyzer.  In contrast to
Findbugs, which looks at the compiled code, PMD looks at the sources
for everything from style guideline violations to bad coding
practices.  It comes with a bunch of rulesets, and it's extensible so
you can set your own project-level standards by sharing rulesets
within a team.

http://www.infoq.com/news/2007/07/pmd

PMD and Findbugs overlap in some areas, but it's better to have too
much diagnostic information than too little, in my opinion.

There are a number of similar tools out there too:

http://pmd.sourceforge.net/similar-projects.html

2010/4/2 Steven Guitar <stguitar at gmail.com>:
> while i have heard of findbugs, i am not famliar with PMD.  a little quick
> background?
> findbugs i do like, but i just have not loaded it for some reason...
>
> On Apr 2, 2010, at 12:11 PM, Burr Sutter wrote:
>
> +1, those are also on my top 10 list as well.
>
> 2010/4/2 Björn Gustafsson <bjorng at gmail.com>
>>
>> My favorites are the PMD and Findbugs plugins.  They really improve
>> the static analysis available within the IDE.
>>
>> On Fri, Apr 2, 2010 at 10:41 AM, Burr Sutter <burrsutter at gmail.com> wrote:
>> > Hey Team,
>> > I need your help with some research, what are your favorite Eclipse
>> > plug-ins?
>> > Please respond via email or twitter.
>> > I think the discussion will be valuable to all of us - who use Eclipse.
>> >  Perhaps we run another survey for those people who use IDEA later. :-)
>> >
>> > Sincerely,
>> > Burr
>> > http://twitter.com/burrsutter
>> > http://www.facebook.com/burrsutter
>>
>> --
>> Björn Gustafsson

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Björn Gustafsson