CodeScene: Uncovers Hidden Risks and Gives You the Power to Find Code That Is Prone to Defects

Code analysis in the agile product development cycle is necessary to avoid possible failures and defects arising out of the continuous changes in the source codes and coding methods. To cope with the increasing customer demand, in terms of features and functionalities, there is also a need to accelerate time to market. Considering this demand of customers to continuously development of new software product functionalities, every aspect of the software needs to evolve, including the coding methods. The continuous changes in the source codes and coding methods invite vulnerabilities and risks of defects. This is why code analysis becomes important for any software development cycle to avoid possible failures in the product. Moreover, with agile development, ensuring code quality and security becomes an integral part of software development cycle, making it mandatory to perform code analysis tests.

CodeScene differs from traditional code analysis tools. In fact, CodeScene was created as a reaction and complement to traditional static code analysis. The main difference between CodeScene’s behavioral code analysis and traditional code scanning techniques is that static analysis works on a snapshot of codebase while CodeScene considers the temporal dimension and evolution of the whole system. This makes it possible for the company to prioritize technical debt and code quality issues based on how the organization actually works with the code. It enables you to identify and focus on the work that matters most and helps organizations by providing clear feedback loops and unique insights into the evolution of a software system with easy to understand insights and reports that help you with great decision-making.

Leveraging Next-Gen Code Analysis Services

CodeScene for Developers: CodeScene is there for you 24/7 to help you write better code; reveal hidden risks that degrade code quality, and help you prioritize code reviews so that you focus on the code that matters. It detects and notifies you if planned goals are violated or if code health for any hotspot has declined. Automate code reviews with pull request integration. Immediate feedback prevents hidden risks from passing by undetected to production. Run CodeScene’s programming language aware analysis tool, X-Ray, to learn deep and detailed information on what’s happening inside a hotspot and get actionable refactoring targets. One can find weak spots in codebase, classify the risks of each pull request and/or commit, and get early warnings for all the changes that might degrade the quality of code.

CodeScene for Management and Product Owners: Bridge the gap between business and technology. See development costs in the context of the system, as well as your overall performance. Identify the most critical areas and plan goals to reduce technical debt in each hotspot. Achieve bigger improvements with short-term goals. Know who wrote what and when. Identify key developers, knowledge distribution and abandoned code for any project. Combine social and technical metrics to detect high-risk areas that might lead to loss of mastery due to developer off-boarding. Identify and address complexities and weaknesses early on to reduce the risk of projects not being completed on time. Track progress and get notified of areas in your code that reduce the health of your code and lead to technical debt.

CodeScene for Architects and Technical Leaders: With CodeScene, architects and technical leaders can get valuable and actionable information that can directly be translated into business value. Find an easy way to guide new developers to the core parts of the codebase. Identify main developers behind each part of the code. When working in a new codebase, use the patterns of previous developers to gain insight into potential technical challenges. The organizational and social aspect of the code has historically been a matter of subjective judgment. Use CodeScene’s behavioral analysis to gain objective insight into your organization’s efficiency and use those insights to make informed decisions. A codebase under active development is a moving target that’s going to change over time, which makes it difficult to manage technical debt. CodeScene lets you identify, prioritize and manage technical debt by giving you relevant and actionable information that you can turn into business value.

CodeScene for DevOps: Innovate rapidly with insights from CodeScene. Gain valuable information that is invisible in the code itself. Use CodeScene insights to deliver services at high velocity. Security vulnerabilities correlate with low code health, development hotspots, and a high author churn in the organization. Organizational factors like system mastery are invisible in the source code itself. Using CodeScene’s behavioral code analysis allows us to see this invisible dimension. You can measure invisible aspects of software development, such as coordination, communication, and motivation issues. Use the information to make decisions guided by objective data and avoid coordination bottlenecks.

The Leader Upfront

Hamdija Jusufagic is the co-founder and Chief Executive Officer of CodeScene.

“We provide analysis that goes beyond the surface to understand your goals, measure your progress toward them, and enable you to make smarter decisions.”