PRQA's Advanced Parsing Technologies Enhance Headway's Structure101 for Use
in C/C++ Projects
SANTA CLARA, Calif., March 4 /PRNewswire/ -- SD West 2008 -- PRQA | THE
PROGRAMMING RESEARCH GROUP and Headway Software today announced the
integration of Structure101 with QA-C and QA-C++, representing the initial
phase of joint technology and product collaboration.
PRQA's core technologies include advanced language parsing engines for
C and C++ that power their widely-used QA-C and QA-C++ products. PRQA
pioneered the use of this static analysis technology to automatically
enforce coding standards and are the dominant player in the coding standard
enforcement space.
Now, PRQA will use the same technologies to extract and deliver high-
fidelity data to Headway's Structure101 product to help developers better
understand and manage C and C++ software architecture. The added capability
clearly complements PRQA's long-standing mission to help firms build better
software.
Headway Software pioneered large-scale code structure visualization and
architectural constraint mechanisms in the Java domain. Positive industry
recognition of Headway Software's technology is most recently evident from
the inclusion of Structure101 as a finalist in this year's Jolt awards
under the Design and Modeling category (http://www.joltawards.com).
Structure101 will supply that same code structure visualization,
associated metrics, and architectural control for the largest and most
complex C and C++ projects when used with QA-C and QA-C++.
"PRQA's customers can now further leverage their investment in the
valuable code analysis and coding standard compliance solutions we've
provided for their demanding C and C++ environments. Adding Structure101
for QA-C and QA-C++ means they can now view comprehensive structural
displays of their code base, examine high-level complexity metrics, and --
most importantly -- impose architectural constraints on further expansion
of their code base," said Fergus Bolger, CTO of PRQA.
"The accuracy and completeness of dependency data is key for
Structure101. QA-C and QA-C++ do an outstanding job of extracting this from
C and C++ source code. We are excited by the prospect of the integration of
Structure101 with QA-C and QA-C++." said Chris Chedgey, CEO of Headway
Software.
Structure101 for QA-C and QA-C++ will be available in Q2 2008.
Chris Chedgey, CEO of Headway Software will be presenting "Code,
Structure, Architecture -- The Magic Triangle" at SD West 2008, Santa Clara
Convention Center, California, on Wednesday, March 5 from 1:30-3:00pm PST.
About PRQA | THE PROGRAMMING RESEARCH GROUP
PRQA | THE PROGRAMMING RESEARCH GROUP pioneered the application of
static analysis technology to automatically enforce coding standards -- so
you can build better software. Established in 1986, we're recognized as
"the coding standard experts" by leading software developers, industry
experts, and standards organizations worldwide. We're known as the thought
leaders for developing and implementing best practices in today's demanding
software development environment -- PRQA's proven expertise in coding
standard development, automated coding standard enforcement, automated code
review & software inspection, and source code analysis is simply unmatched.
Our products include QA-C, QA-C++, QA-J, QA-MISRA, QA-JSF++, and QA-HICPP
(HIGH- INTEGRITY C++) which can be found wherever software quality is
paramount, coding standard compliance is mandated, high-integrity code is
essential, developer productivity is key, and project success rates are
critical. PRQA has corporate offices in the UK, USA, India, Ireland, and
The Netherlands, complemented by a worldwide distribution network. Find out
more at http://www.programmingresearch.com
About HEADWAY SOFTWARE
Headway Software is the first independent software vendor to focus
purely on software structure and architectural control; fundamental tenets
of building maintainable and extensible software. The company's
Structure101 products use advanced reverse engineering, structural analysis
and architectural mapping techniques for Java, Ada, and C/C++. Based in
Ireland and France, Headway Software is independently owned and operated.
Headway Software's CEO, Chris Chedgey, blogs about agile development,
dependency management, software architecture/design/structure, and managing
software complexity at http://chris.headwaysoftware.com.
SOURCE PRQA | THE PROGRAMMING RESEARCH GROUP
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CONTACT:
Robert D. Buckley, CEO, The Americas, of PRQA
| THE PROGRAMMING RESEARCH GROUP, +1-617-273-8448,
robert_buckley@programmingresearch.com
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