What is Coverity Scan?
Coverity's implementation of static analysis can follow all the possible paths of execution through source code (including interprocedurally) and find defects and vulnerabilities caused by the conjunction of statements that are not errors independent of each other.
Coverity Scan is a tool in the Code Review category of a tech stack.
Who uses Coverity Scan?
Companies
3 companies reportedly use Coverity Scan in their tech stacks, including Olo, Accolade, and Service Workflow Portal.
Developers
45 developers on StackShare have stated that they use Coverity Scan.
Decisions about Coverity Scan
Here are some stack decisions, common use cases and reviews by companies and developers who chose Coverity Scan in their tech stack.
Neha Moundekar
Can you just give brief about the differences between Coverity Scan and SonarQube. Which one is better and what are pros and cons of this
Coverity Scan's Features
- Test every line of code and potential execution path.
- The root cause of each defect is clearly explained, making it easy to fix bugs
- Integrates with GitHub and Travis CI
Coverity Scan Alternatives & Comparisons
What are some alternatives to Coverity Scan?
Marvel
A super simple tool that turns any image (including PSDs) or sketch into interactive prototypes for any device.
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SonarQube
SonarQube provides an overview of the overall health of your source code and even more importantly, it highlights issues found on new code. With a Quality Gate set on your project, you will simply fix the Leak and start mechanically improving.
JavaScript
JavaScript is most known as the scripting language for Web pages, but used in many non-browser environments as well such as node.js or Apache CouchDB. It is a prototype-based, multi-paradigm scripting language that is dynamic,and supports object-oriented, imperative, and functional programming styles.
Git
Git is a free and open source distributed version control system designed to handle everything from small to very large projects with speed and efficiency.
GitHub
GitHub is the best place to share code with friends, co-workers, classmates, and complete strangers. Over three million people use GitHub to build amazing things together.
