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How do commercial Java static analysis tools compare with the free ones?
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Andrew Yang replied to James Smith's discussion 'How do commercial Java static analysis tools compare with the free ones?'

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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Justin Hunter replied to James Smith's discussion 'How do commercial Java static analysis tools compare with the free ones?'

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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How do commercial Java static analysis tools compare with the free ones?

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™ Introduces New Static Analysis Solution for C#

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