Appendix B
Tools for Repaying Technical Debt
As discussed in Chapter 8, software tools play a critical role in the process of repaying technical debt. In this appendix, we provide a nonexhaustive list of commonly available tools—along with their categories, supported languages, license, and Web site link—that can help in the process of repaying technical debt.
| Tool Name | Category | Supported Languages | License | Web site/Author | ||||||
| Comprehension | Critique | Code Clone Detector | Metric | TD Quantification and Visualization | Refactoring (Candidate Identification) | Refactoring (Execution) | ||||
| ArgoUML | Y | UML | Free | http://argouml.tigris.org/ | ||||||
| Axivion Bauhaus Suite | Y | Y | Y | Y | C/C++, Java, C#, and many others | Commercial (free license available for academic users) | http://www.axivion.com/products.html | |||
| Clone ... | ||||||||||
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