Better Software - April 2008 - (Page 35) Figure 6: The Window/Show View/Other menu option Figure 7: The main Eclipse pane with the results of a search action Once in the view, you can query in the Browse-By-Query pane at the bottom of the Eclipse IDE shown in figure 7. A second search pane will pop up with results. Clicking a result will send you directly to the appropriate location in the relevant class, ready for editing. A Brief WArning ABout security At this point you may be thinking about “advertising” your application indirectly by allowing the code to be indexed by a mainstream search engine. Google, for example, has a facility for uploading your code for indexing. Before uploading, I would advise you to think through your security policy if you have not already done so. Applications contain bugs and security vulnerabilities. Placing a vast amount of open source code within searchable reach allows the “black hats” to search efficiently for known attack vectors. There are well-known security anti-patterns such as trusting input from the Internet without tainting, weak or no encryption of passwords, relying on client-side checking alone, and poor session management. The open source community has responded to such threats with frequent patching. In the long run, open source search engines can help push quality upward (see the side bar Page Ranking Static Code Reviews). conclusion Source code search engines are positioned to be an effective tool for software developers. Since they integrate with popular IDEs, they are easily accessible during software construction. Combining their functionality with community-building technologies such as wikis and Google can make our coding efforts even more effective. {end} Sticky Notes For more on the following topic go to www.StickyMinds.com/bettersoftware. n Links www.StickyMinds.com APRIL 2008 BETTER SOFTWARE 35 http://www.StickyMinds.com/bettersoftware http://www.StickyMinds.com
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