Code quality is a largely subjective concept filled with misbeliefs. One such idea is that there's an inevitable trade-off between speed and quality. According to that line of thinking, writing properly designed code would slow us down. Another commonly held belief is that when we talk about improving code, we're somehow at risk for over-engineering.
Roku's BrightScript language is a popular choice for building media applications on embedded devices. BrightScript is a dynamic and interpreted language with some fun features like first-class functions. Roku, the platform, is one of the most popular OTT streaming devices with its 3500+ channels reaching 80 million people in the U.S. alone.
Getting the organizational side of software right is just as important as any properties of the code.
Everyone in the software industry "knows" that code quality is important, yet we never had any data to prove it. Consequently, the importance of a healthy codebase is largely undervalued at the business level.
We set out to remove the quotation marks so that "knows" becomes knows. We recently published new research that for the first time quantifies the business benefit of high-quality code. Here are the key takeaways:
The Rust programming language has grown in popularity since its initial release back in 2010. Rust keeps showing up as the most loved programming language in StackOverflow’s annual survey, it has a rich ecosystem and active support by several large companies. It’s here to stay.
The main difference between CodeScene’s behavioral code analysis and traditional code scanning techniques is that static analysis works on a snapshot of the codebase while CodeScene considers the temporal dimension and evolution of the whole system.
Since starting CodeScene back in 2015, I have probably analyzed around 300 codebases.
Tightly coupled microservices are a cardinal sin.
Sustainable software development is about balancing short- and long-term goals.
Security vulnerabilities correlate with low code health, development hotspots, and a high author churn in the organization.
Our new CodeScene release lets you integrate third party information in the CodeScene analysis views.
Code quality issues can cost time, money, and frustration.
Watch CodeScene run the latest analysis results of your favorite open-source project.
Behavioral code analysis is a young discipline.
Security vulnerabilities correlate with low code health, development hotspots, and a high author churn in the organization.
Four decades ago, Fred Brooks coined what we now know as Brooks’s Law: ”adding human resources to a late software project makes it later”.
Complex code slows down development productivity, increases the delivery risk, and leads to excess maintenance costs.
