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Ruby

Ruby static code analysis

Unique rules to find Bugs, Security Hotspots, and Code Smells in your RUBY code

  • All rules 75
  • Bug17
  • Security Hotspot2
  • Code Smell56
Filtered: 19 rules found
convention
    Impact
      Clean code attribute
        1. Modules should use "extend self" instead of "module_function"

           Code Smell
        2. Array and hash literals should be used instead of constructors when no parameters are needed

           Code Smell
        3. Logical operators "and" and "or" should be replaced with "&&" and "||"

           Code Smell
        4. Private methods should be declared at the end of Ruby classes

           Code Smell
        5. Predicate methods should not use redundant "is_" prefix

           Code Smell
        6. Controllers should inherit from appropriate base classes

           Code Smell
        7. Rails model callback methods should be private

           Code Smell
        8. Rails collections should use "ids" instead of "pluck(:id)" for primary keys

           Code Smell
        9. Rails queries should use "find_by" instead of "where.take" for single record retrieval

           Code Smell
        10. Safe navigation operator should be preferred over ActiveSupport's "try!"

           Code Smell
        11. Use "require_relative" instead of "require" for loading local files

           Code Smell
        12. Require statements should be placed at the top of files

           Code Smell
        13. Track lack of copyright and license headers

           Code Smell
        14. Statements should be on separate lines

           Code Smell
        15. Function and block parameter names should comply with a naming convention

           Code Smell
        16. Tabulation characters should not be used

           Code Smell
        17. Lines should not be too long

           Code Smell
        18. Class names should comply with a naming convention

           Code Smell
        19. Method names should comply with a naming convention

           Code Smell

        Track lack of copyright and license headers

        responsibility - lawful
        maintainability
        Code Smell
        • convention

        Why is this an issue?

        Each source file should start with a header stating file ownership and the license which must be used to distribute the application.

        This rule must be fed with the header text that is expected at the beginning of every file.

        Compliant solution

        #
        # SonarQube, open source software quality management tool.
        # Copyright (C) 2008-2018 SonarSource
        # mailto:contact AT sonarsource DOT com
        #
        # SonarQube is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
        # modify it under the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public
        # License as published by the Free Software Foundation; either
        # version 3 of the License, or (at your option) any later version.
        #
        # SonarQube is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
        # but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
        # MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the GNU
        # Lesser General Public License for more details.
        #
        # You should have received a copy of the GNU Lesser General Public License
        # along with this program; if not, write to the Free Software Foundation,
        # Inc., 51 Franklin Street, Fifth Floor, Boston, MA  02110-1301, USA.
        #
        
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