An Extendible Open Source Tool Measuring Software Metrics for Indicating Software Quality

Static software metrics are increasingly used for assessing software quality, with multiple tools commercially available for measuring software metrics, non are based on research proven to have direct correlation with software quality. This study makes use of the results from [20] by building a tool for measuring software metrics on code to show possible weak links that are likely to fail. The tool allows for simple integration of external metrics without prior understanding of the tool's implmentation. It allows for automated calculations of combinations of software metrics to aid other researchers by decrease the time spent on measuring software metrics. The tool is released to the open source community to allow public use and further development.