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Gartner® Report:
Use code analysis to reduce technical debt and improve quality

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Recognized by Gartner as a Representative Vendor in the report, we believe CodeScene stands out for the ability to prioritize technical debt by analyzing both code and how developers work with code, identifying high-risk hotspots based on complexity, change frequency, and business impact.

With its research-based, award-winning Code health metric and behavioral analysis, CodeScene helps teams target critical areas, reduce high-impact technical debt to maximize productivity.

Technical leaders can quickly identify critical debt, set refactoring goals based on impact and track progress of the projects. Teams mitigate and prevent tech debt via CodeScene’s automated reviews and IDE extension, while Code Health checks act as a coach and quality gate.

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"The diverse codebases of complex legacy and modern applications present organizations with many challenges.

This note helps software engineering leaders and their teams to use code analysis tools to identify technical debt and security risks, and enforce coding standards to ensure code health." 

Overview

Use Code Analysis Tools to Reduce Technical Debt and Improve Quality

By Howard Dodd | November 11, 2024

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Key Findings

  • "Efforts to convert legacy to modern code often struggle and stall due to poorly structured code developed over extended periods, which obscures technical debt and security vulnerabilities."
  • "When attempting to change complex codebases, teams with limited knowledge of the system architecture often make poor architectural and design trade-offs, increasing long-term risk and reducing code quality."

Recommendations

  • "Enhance code quality and security in legacy systems by utilizing code analysis tools and improving documentation."
  • "Align code modernization efforts with business impact by choosing code analysis tools for measurement, visualization and prioritization of work."

How to prioritize and reduce technical debt with CodeScene

In this tutorial, using MongoDB codebase as an example, we'll show how you can remediate technical debt based on impact.

“Total gamechanger for software development. Seriously, this is a game-changer. CodeScene's hotspots help us zero in on those tricky parts of our codebase that might be causing headaches. It's like having a guide showing you where the potholes are on a road so you can dodge them." Beyond the hotspots, the tool offers some pretty nifty metrics about code health and team dynamics. It's not just about the code; it's also about how we work together as a team."
Adam Chapman
Software Developer, Apex Networks
“With CodeScene we are able to see where we will benefit the most from reducing technical debt. With integrated quality gates, we can react instantly during code reviews to not even let bad code go unnoticed and enter our production pipelines."
Stephanie Hill
Technical Lead, Dental Wings
“CodeScene helps us keep our code healthy. CodeScene makes it very easy to surface technical debt and assists in continuously monitoring your code health. It even gives you clear instructions on fixing code health declines."
Xavier Greffe
Scrum Master, Bringme
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