TIOBE- Measuring Software Code Quality

TIOBE checks more than 171.5 million lines of code for our customers world-wide, real-time, each day.

They have combined the best-in-class code checking tools into one framework. Via a single web interface you can consult all important software defects and metrics information for all your software projects. TIOBE provides the facts and figures, you take the decisions.

TIOBE Coding Standard Framework
The TICS Framework combines the quality data of various tools into one consistent environment. The obtained data is stored in a so called TICS quality database and shown at department level via a web application called the TICS viewer (see screenshot below) and at multisite organizational level with the aid of the TICS enterprise dashboard.

Overview TIOBE Coding Standard Framework TICS

The TICS solution consists of three components:

TICS Analyzer. The TICS Analyzer generates coding standard violations for the individual software engineer. It is a small layer on top of existing code checkers. The TICS Analyzer combines the results of the code checkers in such a way that they are presented in a uniform way that reflects the coding standard that is used by the engineer. The TICS Analyzer is available as a command-line tool but it is usually also integrated in the used programming environment. more

TICS Database. The TICS Database component concerns a database that contains all kinds of quality data. It is updated every night by means of a batch run on the accepted (consolidated) code archive. Apart from all violations, the quality database also contains include relations, lines of code (various ways), build relations and some other metrics.

TICS Viewer. The TICS Viewer is a web-based Intranet application that displays overviews of the quality data of the TICS Database. With the aid of the TICS Viewer one receives a graphical answer on questions such as "What is the historical trend concerning static quality?", "What is my current confidence factor?", "What is the number of violations per KLOC for the topmost modules?", etc. more

Webinar: What software code quality tools should i use? (30-06-2011)

Writing good software is hard. Unfortunately, software failure is a no-go in the embedded software industry. Once your high volume product has been shipped, a small software defect might have expensive consequences. Barry Boehm already observed 40 years ago that the sooner you find a software bug in your development and deployment process the better. Instead of spending lots of money on testing, it is possible to find certain types of mistakes already during code phase for a fraction of the costs if compared to testing. There are plenty of tools and methodologies that help you to find these bugs this early.

Paul Jansen, CEO of code quality company TIOBE Software, will give an overview of the available code quality tools, the market leaders and the do's and don'ts in this field. TIOBE Software is an independent company measuring and monitoring software quality real-time for companies such as Philips Healthcare, TomTom, ASML and Oce Technologies. This is about 120 Million lines of code each day.

TIOBE Coding Standard Framework TICS

Tell me, what is the Quality of your Software today?

Many companies create company-critical software without knowing its quality. Do you know your current test coverage, for instance? Or, the number of violations against your own software standards? Or, even simpler, the size of your software systems?
If you can't answer these questions within 5 minutes, Logic and TIOBE are here to help.

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TIOBE Coding Standard Framework

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