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Hi,

I am looking for tools that enable one to enforce coding standards or
code beautifyer tools that work on C++ code. I have seen some for Java,
like JCSC, but none for C++.

I am also looking for tools that can measure design quality in C++
code, such as Dependencies between packages, Coupling, Stability,
Distance, etc.

Does anyone know any tools for that?

Thnx
Jason

Jason wrote:

> Hi,
>
> I am looking for tools that enable one to enforce coding standards or
> code beautifyer tools that work on C++ code. I have seen some for
> Java, like JCSC, but none for C++.

The product we use for standards conformance is CodeWizard.

<http://www.parasoft.com/jsp/products/home.jsp?product=Wizard&itemId=50>




Brian

Jason wrote:
> Hi,
>
> I am looking for tools that enable one to enforce coding standards or
> code beautifyer tools that work on C++ code. I have seen some for Java,
> like JCSC, but none for C++.
>
> I am also looking for tools that can measure design quality in C++
> code, such as Dependencies between packages, Coupling, Stability,
> Distance, etc.
>
> Does anyone know any tools for that?
>
My teams use collective code ownership, so there is no need to enforce
coding standards.

If you have to use tools for this, you have a people problem rather than
a technical one.

--
Ian Collins.

If I do not use tools for that, I will have two problems:

I willl depend solely on people to detect, confirm and solve every
conformance problem - and I will also have to depend on them to use the
standards. All those are subject to error.

I would be counting on people and providing nothing to aid them.

By using tools to enforce coding standards I would like to make
training cheaper and checking more efficient. Besides, I would like to
have ways of fixing standards of legacy code.

Of course, I understand your point, and I am not planning to rely
solely on the tools.

Process, Tools and People. Not necessarily in this order.

Jason wrote:
> If I do not use tools for that, I will have two problems:
>
Please provide some context, so I don't have to go back and open my
previous post, see <http://cfaj.freeshell.org/google/>

> I willl depend solely on people to detect, confirm and solve every
> conformance problem - and I will also have to depend on them to use the
> standards. All those are subject to error.
>
> I would be counting on people and providing nothing to aid them.
>
Try some other people based processes, like pair programming. That way
two people get to vet every change.

> By using tools to enforce coding standards I would like to make
> training cheaper and checking more efficient. Besides, I would like to
> have ways of fixing standards of legacy code.
>
My last team looked for a tool to format code prior to checkin, but we
couldn't find anything that did a decent job of C++. C and Java yes, but
not C++.

> Of course, I understand your point, and I am not planning to rely
> solely on the tools.
>
> Process, Tools and People. Not necessarily in this order.
>
Well said!

--
Ian Collins.