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We in our organization are trying to implement a source code quality management tool. SonarQube is one such tool that we have come across, and it's quite full of features and is phenomenal. We want to compare it with its peers, if there are any, before we actually implement it.
Are there any good contenders to Sonar's capabilities and features?
Squale (free)
Kalistick
MetrixWare
Cast
Panopticode is a good opensource alternative.
if you are concerned only about quality of code, then Sonar is a great tool and it is a way to go.
Though, I would recommend you to also look at the quality from a broader perspective. For example your customer would not care a lot about your code quality and instead would evaluate quality as number of bugs he encounters in your product releases. So in addition to code, you may analyse your defects, quality of your development process and probably many other aspects.
You may take a look at programeter, if you are interested in quality of the product as a whole, and not just the code quality (disclaimer: I am the co-founder at Programeter).
Since you are just starting out in that field simply go with sonar and re-evaluate in 1 year.
You don't indicate your platform. If you're an Eclipse shop, there's CodePro Analytix.
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I am starting a project with 2 friends, we all are software developers and we want to do things in a safe and right way. That's why we decided to use some software development methodoly that fits our needs. I would like to know which could be a good starting point for us, and these are the variables:
We are a team of 3.
We are friends.
This is a new company.
We want to do things in the right way.
We are looking to generate clean code.
I would also like to know of software that could help those methodologies.
A couple must have's to start the right way:
Continuous Integration - use a continuous integration server to build your code and run automated tests. Jenkins is a great opensource example
Version Control - Git is the trendy new (and better) choice, but SVN works too. FWIW, the organization where I work is moving from SVN to Git
Write lots of tests - It will save you time and headache in the long run
Work on something you are interested in.
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I'm looking for an efficient, easy-to-learn tool for Scrum project management not for proffesional use but to use it in my thesis concerning the use of Scrum in game development. Basically I want to visualize a production process of a hypothetical game. Some fragments of the production process should be really detailed to make my point, so basically user stories, tasks, burndown charts etc. are a must.
I'm using Scrum, Kanban and some Lean practices for eliminating waste. I also want to use Extreme Programming practices in this production process including TDD and Continuous Integration.
I have zero experience in proffesional project management so I need something that's fairly simple to use for a newb like me.
Anyone can recommend a tool like that? For now I was thinking about TargetProcess and ScrumWorks. Thanks.
Whiteboards and Post-Its.
No... Seriously.
:-)
Throw in Excel for your charting. This combination is drop dead easy to keep up to date and use.
Brandon
I would recommend these I am familiar with, in this order:
If you are collocated, use whiteboard and Post-its and Excel charting as in the answer above.
If you are not, you may opt for Trello, which is basically... a whiteboard with post-its. No charting though.
Or Pivotal Tracker, which is aimed specifically to Scrum project management (building some functionality for Kanban, too). It does all the story-points-and-velocity calculations for you and some charting. Somtimes it's too "prescriptive". You don't do Scrum by the book, you might have some difficulties to overcome the built-in lifecycle.
Both are very intuitive and easy-to-use. Trello is free, Pivotal Tracker is free for individual use only. The bigger your team of collaborator the higher the monthly subscription.
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I am searching for a good online project managment software. There are plenty of them though. So, the best way would be to get some recommendations. :-)
Lately I've found Zoho Projects.. does anyone use it?
Thanks for answers.
Andy
I've used ProjectPier: http://www.projectpier.org/
but we are now moving to http://teambox.com/community
They are open source "replicas" of Basecamp. Teambox seems to be much more up to date as ProjectPier hasn't had a release in a loooooooooooong time.
There's also Trac, which I like because it ties into svn and gives you milestones, bug tracking, etc. http://trac.edgewall.org/
I'm using AgileZen and I'm happy with it. It implements the Kanban methodology and its very simple and effective. Pricing is not cheap, but they give a free account to free software projects.
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I have a completed Cocoa application and would like to sell it. I have found many services that will sell your application, but not many that will also handle activation. Are there any services that will integrate activation into the installation file or are there any services that are easy to integrate (hopefully will take at max an hour to implement)? For example, SoftwareKey looks good, but it is only for Windows.
Thanks for your help in advance.
If you're talking about in-application purchase of Mac-based Cocoa applications, there's Golden % Braeburn and the new open source Cocoa Boutique. Kagi and eSellerate are also popular services for paying to activate Mac software.
I am not aware of a service that does both, but there are options such as the AcquaticPrime framework to take care of the licensing part. This question on StackOverflow may be helpful for you.
If you can write your own key generator then e-junkie is a cheap and easy to use system that can process payments and issue codes. With a bit of creativity you can even use a spreadsheet to generate pre-generated codes, then it's just writing the activation code in Cocoa. Took me no more than a couple of hours.
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Do you know any source for nice looking software designs? (non Web).
There is always Apple Design Awards or something like the Mobile User Experience Awards for mobile applications.
There are some good examples on http://emberapp.com. Mostly for Mac though ...
I would take a look at http://quince.infragistics.com/, while not complete applications, it does show you some best practices/design patterns for both Windows and Web applications.
I'd also take a look at some of the Windows Forms component companies, DevExpress, Telerik and Infragistics. You can learn a lot from the look and feel of their components.
In this case... a lot of programmers tend to talk only about the worst examples...cause UI really depends on personel taste.
Have a look at this question for the worst examples:
Stackoverflow Question
From my point of view i prefer clear looks...nothing fancy etc...but it really depends on the software and topic...hope this helps