Coverity Scan vs Visual Studio Code

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Coverity Scan vs Visual Studio Code: What are the differences?

Introduction

Here is a comparison of the key differences between Coverity Scan and Visual Studio Code.

  1. Code Analysis Capability: Coverity Scan is a static code analysis tool that helps identify defects in software, including security vulnerabilities, memory leaks, and concurrency issues. On the other hand, Visual Studio Code is a source code editor that focuses on providing an efficient and customizable development environment. While Coverity Scan emphasizes code analysis, Visual Studio Code offers a wide range of features for code editing, debugging, and version control.

  2. Integration with Development Workflow: Coverity Scan is usually integrated into the development process as a separate step, often running on dedicated servers or in the cloud. It requires developers to run their code through the analysis tool and then review the reports it generates. In contrast, Visual Studio Code is used directly by developers during the coding process. It provides real-time feedback, suggestions, and even code completion, making it easier to catch and fix issues as they arise.

  3. Supported Languages: Coverity Scan offers extensive language support, including C, C++, Java, C#, and more. It can analyze both compiled and uncompiled code, making it suitable for a wide range of software projects. Visual Studio Code, on the other hand, supports a wide range of programming languages and frameworks, but it primarily focuses on web development with HTML, CSS, and JavaScript. It is less specialized in analyzing compiled code.

  4. Platform Compatibility: Coverity Scan is compatible with various operating systems and platforms, including Windows, Linux, and macOS. It can analyze code written for different target platforms, ranging from desktop applications to embedded systems. Visual Studio Code, on the other hand, is a cross-platform editor that runs on Windows, Linux, and macOS. It provides a consistent development experience across these platforms but may have limitations in analyzing specific target platforms.

  5. Community and Ecosystem: Coverity Scan has a well-established community and ecosystem, with support forums and a dedicated user base. It offers resources such as documentation, tutorials, and best practices to help users get the most out of the tool. Visual Studio Code, being a popular code editor, also has a thriving community. It offers a vast number of extensions and plugins contributed by developers worldwide, enhancing its functionality and making it adaptable to various programming needs.

  6. License and Cost: Coverity Scan is available under a proprietary license, and the pricing can vary depending on the specific needs of the organization. It may involve subscription fees or per-project licensing costs. On the other hand, Visual Studio Code is free and open-source software released under the MIT License. It can be freely used, modified, and distributed without any direct costs, making it an attractive option for individual developers or small teams with budget constraints.

In Summary, Coverity Scan is a specialized static code analysis tool with extensive language support, while Visual Studio Code is a versatile code editor focused on providing a customizable development environment. Coverity Scan requires a separate analysis step and offers more specialized features, while Visual Studio Code provides real-time coding support and a wide range of extensions. Coverity Scan has a well-established community and various licensing options, whereas Visual Studio Code is free and open-source.

Decisions about Coverity Scan and Visual Studio Code
Samriddhi Sinha
Machine Learning Engineer at Chefling · | 6 upvotes · 1M views

Lightweight and versatile. Huge library of extensions that enable you to integrate a host of services to your development environment. VS Code's biggest strength is its library of extensions which enables it to directly compete with every single major IDE for almost all major programming languages.

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Kamaleshwar BN
Senior Software Engineer at Pulley · | 12 upvotes · 1.3M views

Visual Studio Code became famous over the past 3+ years I believe. The clean UI, easy to use UX and the plethora of integrations made it a very easy decision for us. Our gripe with Sublime was probably only the UX side. VSCode has not failed us till now, and still is able to support our development env without any significant effort.

Goland being paid, as well as built only for Go seemed like a significant limitation to not consider it.

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Simon Ibssa
Student at California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo · | 2 upvotes · 1.3M views

I decided to choose VSCode over Sublime text for my Systems Programming class in C. What I love about VSCode is its awesome ability to add extensions. Intellisense is a beautiful debugger, and Remote SSH allows me to login and make real-time changes in VSCode to files on my university server. This is an awesome alternative to going back and forth on pushing/pulling code and logging into servers in the terminal. Great choice for anyone interested in C programming!

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Pros of Coverity Scan
Pros of Visual Studio Code
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    • 340
      Powerful multilanguage IDE
    • 308
      Fast
    • 193
      Front-end develop out of the box
    • 158
      Support TypeScript IntelliSense
    • 142
      Very basic but free
    • 126
      Git integration
    • 106
      Intellisense
    • 78
      Faster than Atom
    • 53
      Better ui, easy plugins, and nice git integration
    • 45
      Great Refactoring Tools
    • 44
      Good Plugins
    • 42
      Terminal
    • 38
      Superb markdown support
    • 36
      Open Source
    • 35
      Extensions
    • 26
      Awesome UI
    • 26
      Large & up-to-date extension community
    • 24
      Powerful and fast
    • 22
      Portable
    • 18
      Best code editor
    • 18
      Best editor
    • 17
      Easy to get started with
    • 15
      Lots of extensions
    • 15
      Good for begginers
    • 15
      Crossplatform
    • 15
      Built on Electron
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      Extensions for everything
    • 14
      Open, cross-platform, fast, monthly updates
    • 14
      All Languages Support
    • 13
      Easy to use and learn
    • 12
      "fast, stable & easy to use"
    • 12
      Extensible
    • 11
      Ui design is great
    • 11
      Totally customizable
    • 11
      Git out of the box
    • 11
      Useful for begginer
    • 11
      Faster edit for slow computer
    • 10
      SSH support
    • 10
      Great community
    • 10
      Fast Startup
    • 9
      Works With Almost EveryThing You Need
    • 9
      Great language support
    • 9
      Powerful Debugger
    • 9
      It has terminal and there are lots of shortcuts in it
    • 8
      Can compile and run .py files
    • 8
      Python extension is fast
    • 7
      Features rich
    • 7
      Great document formater
    • 6
      He is not Michael
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      Extension Echosystem
    • 6
      She is not Rachel
    • 6
      Awesome multi cursor support
    • 5
      VSCode.pro Course makes it easy to learn
    • 5
      Language server client
    • 5
      SFTP Workspace
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      Very proffesional
    • 5
      Easy azure
    • 4
      Has better support and more extentions for debugging
    • 4
      Supports lots of operating systems
    • 4
      Excellent as git difftool and mergetool
    • 4
      Virtualenv integration
    • 3
      Better autocompletes than Atom
    • 3
      Has more than enough languages for any developer
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      'batteries included'
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      More tools to integrate with vs
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      Emmet preinstalled
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      VS Code Server: Browser version of VS Code
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      CMake support with autocomplete
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      Microsoft
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      Customizable
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      Light
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      Big extension marketplace
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      Fast and ruby is built right in
    • 1
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    Cons of Coverity Scan
    Cons of Visual Studio Code
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        Slow startup
      • 29
        Resource hog at times
      • 20
        Poor refactoring
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        Poor UI Designer
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        Weak Ui design tools
      • 10
        Poor autocomplete
      • 8
        Super Slow
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        Huge cpu usage with few installed extension
      • 8
        Microsoft sends telemetry data
      • 7
        Poor in PHP
      • 6
        It's MicroSoft
      • 3
        Poor in Python
      • 3
        No Built in Browser Preview
      • 3
        No color Intergrator
      • 3
        Very basic for java development and buggy at times
      • 3
        No built in live Preview
      • 3
        Electron
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        Bad Plugin Architecture
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        Powered by Electron
      • 1
        Terminal does not identify path vars sometimes
      • 1
        Slow C++ Language Server

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      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.

      What is Visual Studio Code?

      Build and debug modern web and cloud applications. Code is free and available on your favorite platform - Linux, Mac OSX, and Windows.

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