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A Visit from the Metrics Maid

For the last few days, I've been surveying a software project. Landing on a planet populated entirely by an alien ecosystem of source code can be overwhelming. That's why the first first thing I do is bust out my software tricorder -- static code analysis tools.

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Managed Code Analysis Tools

Navigating a new codebase can feel like like landing on an alien planet. That's where static code analysis [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Static_code_analysis] tools come in handy; they're akin to software tricorders [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tricorder]. They provide a general snapshot