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Checkstyle vs GitHub Flavored Markdown

A side-by-side look at Checkstyle and GitHub Flavored Markdown. 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.

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GitHub Flavored Markdown

GitHub Flavored Markdown

Development

GitHub Flavored Markdown is a lightweight markup language used to format text on GitHub. It builds upon standard Markdown by adding some additional elements like tables, syntax highlighting, emoji support, and more.

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