firefox/docs/code-quality/index.rst

Code quality
============

Because Firefox is a complex piece of software, a lot of tools are
executed to identify issues at development phase.
In this document, we try to list these all tools.


.. toctree::
  :maxdepth: 1
  :glob:

  static-analysis/index.rst
  lint/index.rst
  coding-style/index.rst

.. list-table:: C/C++
   :header-rows: 1
   :widths: 20 20 20 20 20

   * - Tools
     - Has autofixes
     - Meta bug
     - More info
     - Upstream
   * - Custom clang checker
     -
     -
     - `Source <https://searchfox.org/mozilla-central/source/build/clang-plugin>`_
     -
   * - Clang-Tidy
     - Yes
     - `bug 712350 <https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=712350>`__
     - :ref:`Static analysis <Static Analysis>`
     - https://clang.llvm.org/extra/clang-tidy/checks/list.html
   * - Clang analyzer
     -
     - `bug 712350 <https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=712350>`__
     -
     - https://clang-analyzer.llvm.org/
   * - cpp virtual final
     -
     -
     - :ref:`cpp virtual final`
     -
   * - clang-format
     - Yes
     - `bug 1188202 <https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1188202>`__
     - :ref:`Formatting C++ Code With clang-format`
     - https://clang.llvm.org/docs/ClangFormat.html

.. list-table:: CSS
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   :header-rows: 1

   * - Tools
     - Has autofixes
     - Meta bug
     - More info
     - Upstream
   * - Stylelint
     - Yes
     - `bug 1762027 <https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1762027>`__
     - :ref:`Stylelint`
     - https://stylelint.io/
   * - Mozilla Stylelint
     -
     -
     - :ref:`Mozilla Stylelint Plugin`
     -

.. list-table:: JavaScript
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   :header-rows: 1

   * - Tools
     - Has autofixes
     - Meta bug
     - More info
     - Upstream
   * - Eslint
     - Yes
     - `bug 1229856 <https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1229856>`__
     - :ref:`ESLint`
     - https://eslint.org/
   * - Mozilla ESLint
     -
     - `bug 1229856 <https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1229856>`__
     - :ref:`Mozilla ESLint Plugin`
     -
   * - Prettier
     - Yes
     - `bug 1558517 <https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1558517>`__
     - :ref:`JavaScript Coding style`
     - https://prettier.io/

.. list-table:: Python
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   :header-rows: 1

   * - Tools
     - Has autofixes
     - Meta bug
     - More info
     - Upstream
   * - ruff
     - Yes
     - `bug 1811850 <https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1811850>`__
     - :ref:`ruff`
     - https://github.com/charliermarsh/ruff
   * - black
     - Yes
     - `bug 1555560 <https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1555560>`__
     - :ref:`black`
     - https://black.readthedocs.io/en/stable

.. list-table:: Rust
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   :header-rows: 1

   * - Tools
     - Has autofixes
     - Meta bug
     - More info
     - Upstream
   * - Rustfmt
     - Yes
     - `bug 1454764 <https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1454764>`__
     - :ref:`Rustfmt`
     - https://github.com/rust-lang/rustfmt
   * - Clippy
     -
     - `bug 1361342 <https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1361342>`__
     - :ref:`clippy`
     - https://github.com/rust-lang/rust-clippy

.. list-table:: Java/Kotlin
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   :header-rows: 1

   * - Tools
     - Has autofixes
     - Meta bug
     - More info
     - Upstream
   * - Spotless
     - Yes
     - `bug 1571899 <https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1571899>`__
     - :ref:`Spotless`
     - https://github.com/diffplug/spotless

.. list-table:: Others
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   :header-rows: 1

   * - Tools
     - Has autofixes
     - Meta bug
     - More info
     - Upstream
   * - shellcheck
     -
     -
     -
     - https://www.shellcheck.net/
   * - rstchecker
     -
     -
     - :ref:`RST Linter`
     - https://github.com/myint/rstcheck
   * - Typo detection
     - Yes
     -
     - :ref:`Codespell`
     - https://github.com/codespell-project/codespell
   * - Fluent Lint
     - No
     -
     - :ref:`Fluent Lint`
     -
   * - YAML linter
     - No
     -
     - :ref:`yamllint`
     - https://github.com/adrienverge/yamllint