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Checkstyle vs Debuild

A side-by-side look at Checkstyle and Debuild. For an in-depth review of either product, follow the links below.

Checkstyle

Checkstyle

Development

Checkstyle is an open source code style checking and code formatting tool for Java. It helps developers follow a coding standard and avoid common mistakes by analyzing Java code and reporting violations of predefined rules.

javacoding-standardsstatic-analysislinter
Debuild

Debuild

Development

Debuild is a tool that assists in building Debian binary packages. It automates several steps in the packaging process like running debian/rules build to build the package, creating the .deb file, and signing it.

debianpackagingautomation