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Git-appraise vs RuboCop: What are the differences?
Git-appraise: Distributed code review system for Git repos (by Google). This is a distributed code review system for Git Code reviews are stored inside the repository as git objects that can be pushed and pulled to remote repos.
When pulling, updates from the remote are automatically merged by the tool.; 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.
Git-appraise and RuboCop can be primarily classified as "Code Review" tools.
Git-appraise and RuboCop are both open source tools. RuboCop with 10.1K GitHub stars and 2.14K forks on GitHub appears to be more popular than Git-appraise with 4.1K GitHub stars and 125 GitHub forks.
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 Git-appraise
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
