Software Quality Tools

SWQualityTools provides learners with access to documentation and analysis tools, facilitating their use of a curated collection of static and dynamic software quality assessment tools.

Usage Notes

Replace the source code in the src directory with the code you would like to document and analyze.

Test class names are recognized by the suffix “Test” (e.g., MainTest.java for tests of Main.java).

This repository’s functionality depends on the Apache Ant build automation tool having already been installed.

Invoking and Reviewing

Run all documentation and analysis tools: ant or ant all

List all available build targets: ant -p

Invoke a specific target, such as ‘test’: ant test

Run tools while suppressing most terminal messages: ant -q or ant -quiet

View all results: Open the index.html file in a browser window

Tools Included

This repository supports the following software development tools:

• Checkstyle - Coding standard checker
• JaCoCo - Code test-coverage and complexity reporter
• Javadoc - API documentation generator
• JUnit - Unit testing framework
• PMD & CPD - Code weakness and duplication scanner
• SpotBugs - Bytecode-level bug finder

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SW Quality Tools provides learners with access to documentation and analysis tools.

Copyright © 2026 Dr. Jody Paul

This program is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or (at your option) any later version.

This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the GNU General Public License for more details.

You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License along with this program. If not, see https://www.gnu.org/licenses/.