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FindBugs vs Reek: What are the differences?
FindBugs: An open-source static code analyser. It detects possible bugs in Java programs. Potential errors are classified in four ranks: scariest, scary, troubling and of concern. This is a hint to the developer about their possible impact or severity; Reek: Code smell detector for Ruby. Reek is a tool that examines Ruby classes, modules, and methods and reports any Code Smells it finds.
FindBugs and Reek can be primarily classified as "Code Review" tools.
Reek is an open source tool with 3.11K GitHub stars and 226 GitHub forks. Here's a link to Reek's open source repository on GitHub.
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What is FindBugs?
It detects possible bugs in Java programs. Potential errors are classified in four ranks: scariest, scary, troubling and of concern. This is a hint to the developer about their possible impact or severity.
What is Reek?
Reek is a tool that examines Ruby classes, modules, and methods and reports any Code Smells it finds.
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What are some alternatives to FindBugs and Reek?
PMD
It is a source code analyzer. It finds common programming flaws like unused variables, empty catch blocks, unnecessary object creation, and so forth. It includes CPD, the copy-paste-detector.
Checkstyle
It is a development tool to help programmers write Java code that adheres to a coding standard. It automates the process of checking Java code to spare humans of this boring (but important) task. This makes it ideal for projects that want to enforce a coding standard.
SonarLint
It is an IDE extension that helps you detect and fix quality issues as you write code.
Like a spell checker, it squiggles flaws so that they can be fixed before committing code.
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.
CodeNarc
A flexible framework for rules, rule sets and custom rules means it's easy to configure it to fit into your project. Build tool, framework support, and report generation are all enterprise ready.