What are the different tools used for Static Testing? | Software Testing

In this article, you will learn about static testing tools.

There are so many different types of tools available in the market but the most commonly used tools are:

• CheckStyle
• SourceMeter
• Soot

CheckStyle: It is a kind of development tool which helps the developers to write the java code which goes after the coding standard. This tool automates the process of checking Java code. It is a highly maintained tool that is used in supporting almost all the coding standards. Some of the most supported and configured files are the Google Java Style, and Sun code conventions. 

Features of the checkstyle:

• It can verify the characteristics of the source code.
• It can check the layout of the code and the formatting issues. 
• It can also help in identifying the method design problems and class design problems

SourceMeter: It is an advanced tool for a particular static code analysis of multiple programming languages such as C/C++, C#, Java, and more. With the help of the following tool, we can easily reach out to the spots which arise the defects easily during the development of the source code. Its free version has some features which are accessible in all the programming languages. In this, we use the output of analysis, to develop the source code for both the long and short term. 

Features of the SourceMeter:

• It can detect the most undiscovered errors.
• It analyzes the code deeply. 
• It improved the user interface with the help of the third-party integration tool.
• It gives the platform-independent command-line tools. 

Soot: It is a Java optimization framework which simply means it is a framework for analyzing and transforming the Java and android applications where we can test the following scenarios:

• Named module and module jar file.
• Exploded modules.
• Automatic modules are repeatedly created from jars in the module path.
• Resolving modules in soot’s

It is also able to produce transformed code in various formats such as Android bytecode, Java bytecode Jasmin, and Jimple.