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How do commercial Java static analysis tools compare with the free ones?
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Started this discussion. Last reply by Andrew Yang May 26.

 

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I have not had direct experience with Findbugs or PMD but have met plenty of people who have compared them with Klocwork and Coverity. My general take on the feedback has been: Findbugs and PMD are more "tool-ish". The type of thing you'd run on...
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James, Several grad students at James Madison University have studied the effectiveness of various static analysis tools in at least two separate recent studies. I believe (but am not sure) that the studies covered both commercial and free tools....
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I'm familiar with a handful of the free static analysis tools available for Java, such as FindBugs and PMD. What I'd like to know is how the commercial products such as Klocwork and Coverity stack up against these. What are their strengths and wea...
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Coverity® Unveils Industry’s First Software Integrity Center

Webinar - Coverity® Unveils Industry’s First Software Integrity Center

Coverity, Inc., the software integrity company, today announced the availability of the Coverity® Integrity Center. This new offer from Coverity is designed for companies that want to reduce product failures and recalls caused by software problems, to make software changes faster and with less risk, and to achieve breakthroughs in product innovation through highly efficient development.

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Posted on April 20, 2009 at 4:00pm —

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Application Architecture Data of Over 2,500 Open Source Projects Now Available at Coverity™ Scan Site

Coverity Inc., the software integrity company, today announced the publication of application architecture data from over 2,500 popular open source software projects at www.scan.coverity.com. As an outgrowth of its contract with the U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS), Coverity™ collected this data via the Scan site using the Coverity Architecture Analyzer product. This new, publicly accessible resource includes application architecture files and

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Posted on March 5, 2009 at 9:30am —

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Coverity Architecture Analyzer to Deliver Advanced Visualization of Software Systems

Coverity, Inc., the leader in improving software quality and security automatically, today announced the availability of Coverity Architecture Analyzer. This new version of Coverity’s architecture product incorporates the company’s patented Software DNA Map analysis system to provide de… Continue

Posted on December 29, 2008 at 11:46am —

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Coverity™ Introduces New Static Analysis Solution for C#

Coverity™, Inc., the leader in improving software quality and security, announced Coverity Prevent™ for C#. The product utilizes a new analysis engine developed by Coverity’s research and development lab that is designed specifically for detecting defects in applications built on Microsoft’s .NET framework. Prevent for C# expands the language coverage of Coverity’s static analysis products, and brings the company’s proven expertise in automatic defect detection to developers programming in C#. O… Continue

Posted on August 22, 2008 at 6:31am —

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Quality Problems Cost Software Companies Up to $22 Million Annually According to New Report

A new white paper by International Data Corporation (IDC), found existing software quality approaches at most companies are inadequate to address the internal and external costs of software defects. Sponsored by Coverity, the IDC white paper “Improving Software Quality to Drive Business Agility,” found that development organizations find major problems with their software even after quality assurance and spend significant amounts of effort and time to repair those defects. Depending on organizat… Continue

Posted on August 20, 2008 at 10:20am —

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At 4:09pm on December 4, 2008, Charles West said…
Hey James. I'm up in Incline Village - do you ski?
At 2:25pm on December 4, 2008, Gina Holbrook said…
Hi James, nice to meet you :)
 
 

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