[Objectlabkit-announce] [ANN] QALab 1.0 released. Maven 1 & 2 plugins

[QALab f. O. <qa...@ob...>]

ObjectLab is proud to announce release 1.0 of QALab for Java 1.4+=0A=0AFurt=
hermore, we are very pleased to announce that QALab was selected =0Aby Borl=
and and is also supported/integrated in JBuilder 2007 as part of =0Athe new=
 TeamInsight team-RAD feature.=0A=0A"We are really excited at the collabora=
tion between ObjectLab and CodeGear"=0Asaid Joe McGlynn, Product Manager fo=
r JBuilder.  "Our engineers were searching =0Afor an innovative way to cons=
olidate and trend key project metrics and we =0Afound a truly wonderful sol=
ution in QALab".=0A=0AObjectLab has worked with Borland's Developer Tools G=
roup ("CodeGear/DevCo")=0Ato make the transition to Maven 2 smooth and rich=
 'out-of-the-box'. =0AQALab itself will remain independent and carry on sup=
porting all platforms.=0A=0AQALab collects and consolidates data from sever=
al QA tools, like PMD, =0ACheckstyle, FindBugs, Cobertura, Simian and PMD C=
PD and keeps track of them =0Aover time. This allows developers, architects=
 and project managers alike =0Ato be presented with a trend of the QA stati=
stics of their project.=0A=0Ahttp://qalab.sourceforge.net =0A=0AQALab works=
 with Ant, Maven 1 and Maven 2 (both via plugins). It generates 2 =0Areport=
s, one based on historical data with tables and charts and the other =0Aone=
 shows the RECENT changes (Movers) over a user defined time window. This =
=0Awill help to filter out the 'background' level of issues that any projec=
t =0Amay have at any point in time.=0A=0AVersion 1.0 is available immediate=
ly for download via SourceForge or the Maven =0ACentral Repository (both Ma=
ven 1 and Maven 2).=0A=0AThis release specifically targets:=0A- Maven 2 sup=
port with fully integrated reports in Maven site=0A- Maven 1 reports are no=
w fully integrated in Maven site.=0A- PMD CPD is now supported.=0A- Each ty=
pe will have its own colour and stroke for charts.=0A=0AQALab should be ava=
ilable on the Maven Central Repo but just in case=0Ayou can point to http:/=
/www.objectlab.co.uk/maven/repository=0A=0AUsed internally since 2003, QALa=
b was open-sourced in 2005 and has finally =0Areached version 1.0!  It is b=
eing used across the world.=0A =0AObjectLab is not new to the open-source c=
ommunity having used numerous OS =0Aprojects, participated in a few and spo=
nsoring:=0A- ObjectLab Kit (http://objectlabkit.sourceforge.net), a date ca=
lculation =0A  toolkit for business and finance;=0A- JTreeMap (http://jtree=
map.sourceforge.net) the only open source heatmap =0A  library for Java .=
=0A- StatSvn (http://www.statsvn.org) Subversion repository statistics.  =
=0A=0AWe would like to thank our friends and colleagues for their help, rev=
iews =0Aand suggestions.=0A=0AFeel free to pass on to people who may be int=
erested.=0A=0AEnjoy!!=0A=0ABenoit Xhenseval and the QALab Team.=0A=0A