Checkstyle: Practical Tips
summary
An introduction to Checkstyle for Java: how its analysis works internally, its strengths and weaknesses compared with other static analyzers, and what kinds of issues it cannot solve. Practical examples show how to write custom checks using Checkstyle’s built-in APIs and share a rollout methodology for integrating Checkstyle into an existing project to make adoption easier and more useful, illustrated by real Stack Overflow/GitHub cases and the presenter’s experience.
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chapters (10)
- 0:00Introduction
- 2:59Checkstyle code analysis
- 8:22Lombok issues
- 9:05Regex in Checkstyle
- 13:43XPath for AST
- 18:40Viewing AST in Checkstyle
- 23:59XPath examples
- 26:50Third-party Checkstyle projects
- 30:44Integrating Checkstyle
- 43:34Conclusion
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