TechMatrix Corporation will begin selling the Japanese version of the software analysis tool “Understand 7.0” developed by Scientific Toolworks, Inc.
To successfully develop software that is becoming larger and more complex, it is essential to accurately and quickly understand the software structure. Understand provides detailed analysis of information about various elements such as functions, variables, and files, and provides an environment where developers can easily access detailed information. The more difficult the source code is to handle, whether it is old source code that has been under development for 10 years or large-scale source code that contains millions of lines, the more valuable Understand is.
The recently released “Understand 7.0″provides a collaboration function with Visual Studio Code (VSCode), a free code editor provided by Microsoft. You can install the Understand extension from the VSCode marketplace to VSCode, and when you jump from VSCode to Understand, information, metrics, and graphs related to the selected entity (file, function, variable, etc.) are displayed in conjunction with VSCode. This allows you to clearly understand the structure and dependencies of your software while using VSCode, making it possible to quickly identify and fix problems, and making the development process smoother. In addition to supporting analysis of the Spring framework, the Java language now supports analysis of DI dependencies, including bean definitions and injections, expanding the scope of Java analysis. In addition, Understand 7.0 introduces a generation AI collaboration function, and the AI Description Generator function (alpha version) is now available, which integrates the analysis results of Understand with generation AI to generate a summary description of elements (files, classes, functions, etc.). The generated explanations are displayed in Understand’s information browser and annotations, and the explanations generated by the generative AI can now also be displayed on graphs.
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In addition to the analysis information on software structure and dependencies that Understand has traditionally provided, you can also refer to the explanations generated by the generative AI, which is expected to improve the efficiency of development and maintenance work.
SOURCE: PRTimes
