The RainCode Checker version 2.0

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We are proud to announce the RainCode Checker Version 2.0, which offers a wealth of exciting new features:

The Eclipse-based plugin

The user-interface is now available as a stand-alone tool, or as an Eclipse plugin. This replace the aging Swing-based user-interface while retaining its most valuable property, namely, its availability on every mainstream platform.

When used as a plugin, The RainCode Checker integrates with your favourite Eclipse-based IDE. You are not forced to learn yet another environment to be able to interactively manage your coding guidelines and projects. Using Eclipse's versatile plugin architecture, it smoothly integrates in your existing development environment.

When used from within Eclipse, a number of functions are available at your fingertips, including

Checking a set of files, - navigating though the violations, your rules as well as your source files,
Displaying statistics about the checking runs you have performed
Exporting violation reports
Managing the rules and associated regression tests
Disable a rule locally

Persistence

Persistence is now provided by a relational database (Sqlite, MySql, Oracle or other). The results of multiple checking campaigns, by one or more users, can be accumulated, and queried using ad hoc tools.

Such queries can be used to measure trends, evaluate whether overall quality is improving or getting worse, etc. The data model is pristine, and even the most sophisticated questions regarding your coding guidelines compliance over time can be answered in a matter of minutes at most.

Backward compatibility

The command-line behavior as available on the previous versions of the checker is still supported, the only notable difference being the parameters to control the database connection.

A fully automated wizard is available, to make the migration of your existing code checking projects to the latest version of the RainCode Checker as seamless as possible.

Supported platforms and languages

The RainCode Checker is available for the following languages:

on Windows/NT, Windows 2000, Linux or any commercial Unix flavour.

A version of the RainCode Checker for C++, based on Misra C++, is announced for march 2009.

November 2008: Version 2.0 of RainCode's coding guidelines enforcement tool The RainCode Checker will be released in January 2009. The Checker is available for Ada, C and COBOL.

September 2008: Raincode is now member of the Mainframe Migration Alliance. Check this press release for more information.

August 2008: All the versions of the RainCode engine can now access a number of relational databases, including Oracle, MySql and Postgres.

March 2008: RainCode proudly releases a complete Datacom migration solution named DataKom which covers all aspects of Datacom migration: CA-IDEAL, COBOL programs and data migration.

September 2007: The RainCode Engine for COBOL computes the size and offsets of data elements according to the ANSI standard, and can be used to find and analyze data elements based on how and where they are represented physically in memory.

January 2007: The RainCode Checker for COBOL is released, with over 70 coding guidelines built-in. The RainCode Checker can be used to check large portfolios against project-wide or company-wide coding guidelines.

RainCode is a proud member of the Mainframe Migration Alliance