Quality and Code Metrics in Java

August 27th, 2008

Code quality has become a hot topic over the 12-18 months. With the Agile movement growing there is more responsibility on the organizations to push quality further forward into the SDLC. However there are a lot of metrics out there to analyze code but which work? and which can be used effectively to get the best ROI? Also, how can simple, free tools help development teams increase code quality quickly without becoming a burden?

The following will be covered in the presentation:
• Why we don't collect metrics? - are no metrics better than any?
• Who is responsible for quality?
• Quality of the Java language...
• What metrics should we collect, tools to use and implementation into a feedback loop.
• Demystification, what are not metrics
• 'Ugly' metrics - which are proved to work?
• Gaming Metrics and how to avoid it
• Implementing a 3 stage metrics plan in the Java Dev team.

Speaker: Richard Sharpe, Director, Enerjy Software

Rich has been working in the Java arena for 10 years as a developer, consultant, manager and evangelist. He has worked for larger organizations such as IBM and smaller consultancies before joining Enerjy Software.

Over the last 4 years Rich has spoken at various JUGs in Europe and the US on topics covering Java Performance Profiling, Code Quality Issues and Managing Development Teams. He has also written articles for various publications including International Developer Magazine and Agile Magazine. At Enerjy one responsibility is posting to the blog (http://softewareintegrityblog.com) where he also hosts Enerjy.tv. Rich resides in Arizona where the Sun is hot and the golf plentiful. He also holds a B.Sc in CS from the Nottingham Trent University in the UK.

Meeting Location: TBD

We should know the meeting location by Monday, August 18th.

Meeting Sponsor

Enerjy Software
Sponsor Website: www.enerj.com

Company Overview

Enerjy Software was founded in 2002 as a tools vendor and in the Java environment focusing on quality. Over the years Enerjy has produced static analysis tools, profiling tools and configured software focussing on managing code quality in development teams.

Enerjy is a small but fearless group of folks who believe that:
• Software quality is needlessly low
• Basic coding hygiene can have a huge payoff in productivity
• Rework is a big fat old time drain that could easily be reduced

Door Prizes and Giveaways!

• JetBrains has donated one IntelliJ licenses to be raffled off at this HJUG meeting
• Two copies of JavaRebel will be raffled off
• Books from O'Reilly