tools-of-trade

Tools, frameworks and platforms we use for research and development

Language platforms

• nvm: node version manager
• anaconda: Python environment management

IDEs

• Visual Studio Code
• Atom
• PyCharm
• Eclipse
• Brackets

Abstract Syntax Trees

• esprima: Esprima is a high performance, standard-compliant ECMAScript parser written in ECMAScript
• plyj: A java parser written in Python using PLY

Datasets

• Collection maintained by kyrcha

APIs

• github
  • node-github: node library to access the GitHub API

Quality

Other lists

• Awesome static analysis

SaaS

Free for OS projects

• bithound
• codacy
• code climate
• codebeat
• codecov

Standalone

• Sourcemeter: Static analyzer which supports Java/C/C++/C#/Python/RPG. Works both in Windows/Linux
• PMD: Tool for identifying coding violations

JavaScript

• eslint: linting for JavaScript
• jshint: A Static Code Analysis Tool for JavaScript
• jslint: a JavaScript program that looks for problems in JavaScript programs.
• plato: JavaScript source code visualization, static analysis, and complexity tool
• escomplex: Software complexity analysis of JavaScript-family abstract syntax tree
• codelyzer: Static analysis for Angular projects
• ApplicationInsights: Microsoft Application Insights SDK for JavaScript
• jsprime: a javascript static security analysis tool
• jsinspect: Detect copy-pasted and structurally similar code
• nsp: identify known vulnerabilities in your own projects.
• istanbul: Yet another JS code coverage tool

Web

• cardio: Cardio is a web application health tool
• YSlow: analyzes web pages and why they're slow based on Yahoo!'s rules for high performance web sites
• PageSpeedTools: The PageSpeed tools analyze and optimize your site following web best practices
• GTmetrix: Analyze your site’s speed and get actionable recommendations
• Pingdom free
• Lighthouse: It has audits for performance, accessibility, progressive web apps, and more.