What is the difference between static and dynamic code analysis? Both are necessary and should be used in conjunction with one another, but the main differences come down to the environment in which they occur and the types of errors they help developers detect.
Here’s a breakdown of both analysis types in depth.
Static code analysis is the process of debugging source code without having to execute the program in a live environment. This allows developers to understand the inner workings of their code base and ensure it’s compliant, safe, and secure before being fully deployed.
Some of the reasons why static code analysis is so widely used in software development and testing are that it’s easy to scale, runs on the majority of software, and can be used repeatedly to check for vulnerabilities after source code updates and other changes.
However, one of the drawbacks is that static code analysis comes with a high risk of false positives. Even more, some security vulnerabilities have been difficult to detect with automation in the past. However, it can be used across multiple coding languages and is easy to utilize during nightly builds.
✓ Reduce technical debt: Kiuwan’s analysis functionality manages the effort that your software needs to correct any flaws in its code.
✓ Integrates easily: Our QA tool easily works in tandem with other analyzer programs to expand your capabilities and process.
✓ Enables visual configuration: Kiuwan creates models to select rules and properties for every type of QA you may need to conduct.
✓ Includes Jenkins analysis: Parse the results file from your arsenal of code analysis tools so you can continuously analyze your work every time you build.
✓ Provides differential reports: With Kiuwan, you can easily find any defects that may have been introduced and resolve them before they become major maintainability, portability, security, efficiency, or reliability issues.
It’s never been easier to detect and fix defects. Kiuwan Code analysis automatically creates an action plan for addressing defects. Your team can prioritize remediation measures based on multiple factors, including:
✓ Technical resources
✓ Time
✓ Cost factors
View all of our documentation on Kiuwan QA’s defects reporting tools.
Software governance is a framework for managing the development process that is aimed at improving the efficacy and efficiency of using programmers’ skills and time. While this is often thought of as the arena of management, governance within development teams can be just as or more effective than direction from external departments.
Kiuwan Governance was designed with security/QA engineers and IT managers in mind. It allows development and programming teams to group the results of QA analyses — essential information for managing applications at the executive level.
With these features, IT managers will have:
In turn, this allows development teams to more easily manage their time and resources. Even more, it also allows them and stakeholders to compare new progress against the baseline version of the software.
Kiuwan Governance allows teams to group the results of code analyses into separate portfolios, making management easier at the executive level. The four default portfolios within the program include:
✓ Business value
✓ Provider
✓ Technology
✓ Quality model
