Static Electricity: Power Up Your Build Process with a Static Analysis Tool

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Volume-Issue: 
2006-06
Article Summary: 

Keeping source code functional in the midst of ongoing changes can be tricky, but there are tools available to help you keep bad code under control. In his article, Tom Copeland puts the spotlight on PMD, an open source static analysis tool that can illuminate source code problems and help power up your build process.