CodeScene's IDE Extension for VS Code: tackle code complexity right inside the editor

We are thrilled to announce that CodeScene's IDE Extension?for Visual Studio Code is now live on the marketplace. The best part, it's free to install!

Tackle code complexity right inside the editor, immediate feedback

With this new addition to the CodeScene toolbox, we bring the Code Health analysis directly into your VS Code editor. Automatically detect God Functions, Complex Methods, files with Low Cohesion, various complexity patterns like the Bumpy Road code smell, and roughly ~20 additional code health issues.

The IDE extension provides this information up front as you read existing code. You'll get recommendations and suggested improvements, helping you to deliver maintainable code and foresee problems. All popular programming languages are supported.?

Read more about the IDE extension?right here.?

A short demo of its core functionality at the moment.

Code Health Metric - why is it important?

CodeScene's?CodeHealth??metric helps you maintain a sustainable, healthy codebase. So what metrics are CodeScene considering and why are they important??

Code Health is an aggregated metric based on 25+ factors scanned from the source code. The code health factors correlate with increased maintenance costs and an increased risk for defects. In this blog post?we?explore how code health concept supports?both developers and technical leaders with a continuous feedback loop for engineering decisions based on data.?

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• The Code Health information tends to be at a higher level than what you usually get from linting tools.
• The Code Health metric is the only code quality measure with a proven impact on Time-In-Development and Defects. This means you can use your Code Health measures to make the business case for larger refactorings, too. For further details on the business impact of code health, read our?Code Red whitepaper.

All of this is available for free in CodeScene's IDE Extension for VS Code.

Will other IDEs be supported?

Yes! We are starting with VS Code but we have a few others on our roadmap. We encourage you to check it out on the marketplace and give it a spin. Your feedback is always valuable to us, feel free to reach out! ??