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Codacy vs RuboCop: What are the differences?
Codacy: Automated Code Review. Codacy is an automated code review tool for Scala, Java, Ruby, JavaScript, PHP, Python, CoffeeScript and CSS. It's continuous static analysis without the hassle. Save time in Code Reviews. Tackle your technical debt; RuboCop: A Ruby static code analyzer, based on the community Ruby style guide. RuboCop is a Ruby static code analyzer. Out of the box it will enforce many of the guidelines outlined in the community Ruby Style Guide.
Codacy and RuboCop can be categorized as "Code Review" tools.
"Automated code review" is the primary reason why developers consider Codacy over the competitors, whereas "Open-source" was stated as the key factor in picking RuboCop.
RuboCop is an open source tool with 10.1K GitHub stars and 2.14K GitHub forks. Here's a link to RuboCop's open source repository on GitHub.
StackShare, ezCater, and Talkable are some of the popular companies that use RuboCop, whereas Codacy is used by Codacy, InstaGIS, and DocEngage. RuboCop has a broader approval, being mentioned in 44 company stacks & 25 developers stacks; compared to Codacy, which is listed in 44 company stacks and 23 developer stacks.
To communicate isn’t just getting rid of syntax errors and making code work. The code should communicate ideas to people through a programming language that computers can also understand.
You should adopt semantic variables, classes, modules, and methods names. For instance, in Ruby, we avoid using particular prefixes such as is_paid, get_name and set_name. In their places, we use directly paid?, name, and name=.
My advice is to use idiomatic and features that the programming language you use offers to you whenever possible, and figure out ways to better pass the message.
Why wouldn’t we be worried about semantics, typos, and styles? We should care for the quality of our code, and the many concepts that define it. You can start by using a linter to collect some issues from your codebase automatically.
Pros of Codacy
- Automated code review45
- Easy setup35
- Free for open source29
- Customizable20
- Helps reduce technical debt18
- Better coding14
- Best scala support13
- Faster Employee Onboarding11
- Duplication detector10
- Great UI10
- PHP integration9
- Python inspection6
- Tools for JVM analysis5
- Many integrations5
- Github Integration4
- Must-have for Java3
- Easy Travis integration3
- Items can be ignored in the UI3
- Asdasdas3
- Gitlab2
- Asdas0
Pros of RuboCop
- Open-source9
- Completely free8
- Runs Offline7
- Follows the Ruby Style Guide by default4
- Can automatically fix some problems4
- Customizable4
- Atom package2
- Integrates with Vim/Emacs/Atom/Sublime/2
- Integrates With Custom CMS1
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Cons of Codacy
- No support for private Git or Azure DevOps git6
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