163: Code Analyzer with Roopa Mohan

Roopa Mohan is the principal software engineer for the Code Analyzer team here at Salesforce. She loved computers when she was introduced to them in sixth grade and decided she wanted to do coding. The only company she applied to work at, Salesforce, hired her.

In this episode, Roopa shares information about how Salesforce Code Analyzer came to be and what is in its future. She discusses how it works, who it works best for, and other tools that it works well in conjunction with.

Listen in to learn more about Salesforce Code Analyzer and how it can be used in your operations.

Show Highlights:

• What Code Analyzer does for its clients, and who the target audience is.
• What PMD and its counterpart ESLint are.
• The customization options for PMD and the code analyzer’s role in the customization.
• What Code Analyzer 3.0 does for retired JavaScript libraries.
• What might be the future regarding developer tooling and AI technology.

Links:

• Twitter account: @rmohan_sfdc

• Linkedin account: https://www.linkedin.com/in/roopa-mohan-21a85b20/

• Github account: @rmohan20

Links related to Code Analyzer:

• Public documentation: https://forcedotcom.github.io/sfdx-scanner/

• Open-source repo: https://github.com/forcedotcom/sfdx-scanner

• Blogs:

• https://developer.salesforce.com/blogs/2020/10/improve-your-code-quality-with-the-salesforce-cli-scanner

• https://developer.salesforce.com/blogs/2022/10/develop-even-more-secure-code-with-salesforce-code-analyzer