19 Responses to “FlexPMD - Finding worst practices in your projects”

1. #  RJ September 2, 2009 8:33 AM

   I'm really excited about this, Ted. Is there a good tutorial out there for how to install it and run it against my code? Does it require a server?  

2. #  Ted Patrick September 2, 2009 9:09 AM

   RJ, There isn't a good tutorial out there yet. FlexPMD is java based and doesn't require a server at all. There are ANT scripts, Command line, and MAC Automator options for using it all prebuilt.
   
   The current options allow for the widest possible integration in projects of all shapes and sizes.
   
   I would think that the command line would be the best option for most folks.
   
   Ted :)  

3. #  jeremy September 2, 2009 10:17 AM

   Aw man, this is fantastic - as you said, I'm totally stoked about finding unused code.  

4. #  Fréderic Cox September 2, 2009 10:46 AM

   We are working with a team of relatively new Flex developers. I handed them the coding standards a few weeks ago and this tool will certainly help them (and me) a lot. Awesome tool can't wait to try it out!  

5. #  kris September 2, 2009 12:52 PM

   Very excited to start using this!
   
   Did run into issues though using this via ANT in Eclipse (maybe not yet supported?). Whats the proper venue to post/ask questions? The FlexPMD forum wasn't working for me...  

6. #  Mike K September 3, 2009 3:06 AM

   The command line tool zip file seems to be missing the all_flex.xml file...  

7. #  Ron September 3, 2009 10:29 AM

   What versions of flex is this compatible with? For instance I have a large project I work on that is currently stuck on Flex 2.0.1  

8. #  Erwin Verdonk September 3, 2009 10:06 PM

   Mike, the all_flex.xml file is included in FlexPMD from RC3. However you can always create your own rulset XML file with the FlexPMD Ruleset Creator.  

9. #  coutant September 4, 2009 2:46 AM

   AT least a code check style for AS3/Flex. Nice.
   
   Looking at the 'How to invoque FlexPMD' page : http://opensource.adobe.com/wiki/display/flexpmd/How+to+invoke+FlexPMD.
   
   The maven-style does mention to point to repository : http://opensource.adobe.com/svn/opensource/flexpmd/trunk/maven-repository.
   
   At the moment that repository does not exist...
   
   As an alternative, I could checkout the source code http://opensource.adobe.com/svn/opensource/flexpmd/trunk. But could not build the artefacts.  

10. #  Geirr September 4, 2009 5:21 AM

    Here is a quick and dirty explanation on how to use the command line version.
    After you download the archive, unzip it to c:\Flex-PMD
    
    Then in your sourcecode main directory(same as the src directory is in)
    
    Create a directory called pmd
    
    Type the following command
    java -Xmx256m -jar c:\flex-pmd\flex-pmd-command-line-1.0.RC3.jar -s ./src/ -o ./pmd/ -r C:\flex-pmd\pmd.xml
    
    the c:\flex-pmd\pmd.xml file is generated by the ruleset creatior and you have to download it to your local drive.
    
    You can find the ruleset creator at
    http://opensource.adobe.com/svn/opensource/flexpmd/bin/flex-pmd-ruleset-creator.html
    
    export the ruleset and save it..
    
    Rgds
    Geirr
    Twitter: gwinnem  

11. #  Norbert Kopcsek September 4, 2009 7:42 AM

    Hi Ted, integrate it in Hudson today and works great.  

12. #  Philipp September 4, 2009 8:59 AM

    hi ted.
    i was really excited when i read about flexpmd ... but had problems getting it to run in eclipse (ant).
    maybe you can shed some light on how exactly the build-file should look like ...!?
    
    i'm getting an error:
    
    Buildfile: D:\DEVELOP\apdev\build.xml
    flexPmdWithDefaultRuleset:
    
    BUILD FAILED
    D:\DEVELOP\apdev\build.xml:39: java.lang.NoClassDefFoundError: org/codehaus/plexus/util/IOUtil
    
    
    help would be appreciated :)
    phil  

13. #  Sergiu September 5, 2009 3:23 PM

    Hi Philip,
    
    There is a missing reference to plexus-utils-1.0.2.jar lib in taskdef for ant, it should look like:
    
    < classpath >
    ...
    < pathelement location="${flexpmd.dir}/lib/plexus-utils-1.0.2.jar"/ >
    < /classpath>
    
    Regards,
    Sergiu  

14. #  francesca September 7, 2009 4:27 AM

    I am getting the same error as Phil
    
    java.lang.NoClassDefFoundError: org/codehaus/plexus/util/IOUtil
    
    I am on a mac and running at 1.7.1
    
    Any help to get this going would appreciated.
    
    thanks  

15. #  Xavier Agnetti September 10, 2009 12:47 AM

    There used to be a mistake in the documentation. Plexus jar was missing.
    
    Please refer to one of the previous comment of this post or go to
    http://opensource.adobe.com/wiki/display/flexpmd/How+to+invoke+FlexPMD#HowtoinvokeFlexPMD-FromAnt  

16. #  coutant September 14, 2009 2:01 AM

    I will respond to comment #9 mentionning the Maven build.
    
    The 'How to invoque FlexPMD' page has been upgrated : http://opensource.adobe.com/wiki/display/flexpmd/How+to+invoke+FlexPMD
    
    Url repository is now : http://opensource.adobe.com/svn/opensource/flexpmd/maven-repository/release/
    
    But there is still an error in documentation. You need to switch to 'true' so as to enable release artifacts :
    
    <pluginRepositories&gth;
    <pluginRepository&gth;
    <id>flexpmd.opensource.adobe</id>
    <releases>
    <enabled>true</enabled>
    </releases>
    <snapshots>
    <enabled>true</enabled>
    </snapshots>
    <name>FlexPMD repository on opensource.adobe.com</name>
    <url>http://opensource.adobe.com/svn/opensource/flexpmd/maven-repository/release/</url>
    </pluginRepository>
    </pluginRepositories>  

17. #  Diego Guebel September 17, 2009 9:12 PM

    Fantastic news, I was looking for such a tool for AS3 for while.
    
    Thanks for sharing this project
    
    Cheers,
    Diego  

18. #  Harry B. Garland September 18, 2009 11:10 AM

    I'm confused about how to use this. There seems to be a lot of JAR files. I don't see anything that looks like a "setup.exe". And I'm not finding any documentation that describes the step by step process for how to work this thing.  

19. #  chesne September 30, 2009 8:55 AM

    Hi Ted,
    How can i add my exported rules from the rulset creator to my automator.
    
    I use PMD from Automator on my mac.
    
    thanks.