CodeScene

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CodeScene is a software engineering intelligence platform that combines code quality metrics with behavioral code analysis. It provides visualizations based on version control data and machine learning algorithms that identify social patterns and hidden risks in source code. CodeScene offers several features that support software maintainability and evolution within large-scale software development environments. The platform delivers several actionable performance indicators that assist software organizations in identifying risks and bottlenecks. CodeScene’s research team employs an evidence-based approach to validate how these indicators are associated with business-critical variables such as development velocity and defect density. The platform uses its Code Health metric to evaluate the maintainability of source code. Another significant feature is the concept of hotspots which are areas of code that are frequently modified. This concept is inspired by geographic profiling a technique used in criminal investigations, which is reflected in the naming of CodeScene. By focusing on improving Code Health in hotspots, CodeScene aims to assist software development organizations in prioritizing technical debt mitigation. This approach is intended to enhance the maintainability and quality of software projects.

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