E1917 Fix Code Climate Issues: Difference between revisions

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== '''Code Climate Issues and Problem Statements''' ==
== '''Code Climate Issues and Problem Statements''' ==


Codeclimate is a command line interface for the Code Climate analysis platform. It could detect code smells which violate ruby/rails best practices. The task is to fix certain code climate issues detected by Code Climate analysis platform in controllers with the name begin with P to Z.  Those issues includes unsafe use of methods, inappropriate syntax, non-optimal code structure and so on. There are totally 48 different types of issues fixed in this project.
Codeclimate is a command line interface for the Code Climate analysis platform. It could detect code smells which violate ruby/rails best practices. The task is to fix certain code climate issues detected by Code Climate analysis platform in controllers with the name begin with P to Z.  Those issues includes unsafe use of methods, inappropriate syntax, non-optimal code structure and so on. There are totally 33 different types of issues fixed in this project.




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<code>
1. Unprotected mass assignment  
1. Unprotected mass assignment


2. Use a guard clause instead of wrapping the code inside a conditional expression
2. Use a guard clause instead of wrapping the code inside a conditional expression


3. Do not use Time.now without zone. Use one of Time.zone.now, Time.current, Time.now.in_time_zone, Time.now.utc, Time.now.getlocal, Time.now.iso8601, Time.now.jisx0301, Time.now.rfc3339, Time.now.to_i, Time.now.to_f instead  
3. Do not use Time.now without zone. Use one of Time.zone.now, Time.current, Time.now.in_time_zone, Time.now.utc, Time.now.getlocal, Time.now.iso8601, Time.now.jisx0301, Time.now.rfc3339, Time.now.to_i, Time.now.to_f instead


4. Move redirect_to "/" out of the conditional.
4. Move redirect_to "/" out of the conditional.
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12. Parameters should be whitelisted for mass assignment
12. Parameters should be whitelisted for mass assignment


14. Avoid using update_attribute because it skips validations.  
13. Avoid using update_attribute because it skips validations.  


14. end at 44, 4 is not aligned with def at 39, 2.  
14. end at 44, 4 is not aligned with def at 39, 2.  


15. Unsafe reflection method const_get called with parameter value
15. Unsafe reflection method const_get called with parameter value  
16. Avoid more than 3 levels of block nesting.


17. Use each_key instead of keys.each
16. TODO found


18. FIXME found
17. Convert if nested inside else to elsif


19. TODO found
18. Similar blocks of code found in 3 locations. Consider refactoring


20. Useless assignment to variable - parent
19. User controlled method execution


21. Convert if nested inside else to elsif
20. Extra blank line detected


22. Move q.save out of the conditional
21. Use empty lines between method definitions.  


23. Similar blocks of code found in 3 locations. Consider refactoring
22. Prefer each over for


24. User controlled method execution
23. Prefer Date or Time over DateTime.


25. Replace class var @@assignment_id with a class instance var.  
24. Omit parentheses for ternary conditions


26. Avoid comparing a variable with multiple items in a conditional, use Array#include? Instead.
25. Do not place comments on the same line as the end keyword.  


27. Extra blank line detected.
26. Useless assignment to variable - controllers. Did you mean controller?


28. Do not prefix writer method names with set_
27. end at 135, 2 is not aligned with class at 1, 0


29. Ternary operators must not be nested. Prefer if or else constructs instead.
28. Put one space between the method name and the first argument.  


30. Use empty lines between method definitions.  
29. Space missing after colon.  


31. Use student_review_num.zero? instead of student_review_num == 0.  
30. Use the new Ruby 1.9 hash syntax


32. Use normalcase for variable numbers.  
31. show, edit, update, destroy are not explicitly defined on the controller.  


33. Use only ascii symbols in comments.
32. Rename is_user_ta? to user_ta?


34. Possible SQL injection
33. Avoid comma after the last item of an array
 
35. Use find_by instead of dynamic find_by_name
 
36. Prefer each over for
 
37. Use snake_case for variable names.
 
39. Prefer Date or Time over DateTime.
 
40. Omit parentheses for ternary conditions
 
41. Do not place comments on the same line as the end keyword.
 
42. end at 135, 2 is not aligned with class at 1, 0
 
43. Put one space between the method name and the first argument.
 
44. Space missing after colon.
 
45. Use the new Ruby 1.9 hash syntax
 
46. show, edit, update, destroy are not explicitly defined on the controller.
 
47. Rename is_user_ta? to user_ta?
 
48. Avoid comma after the last item of an array
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Latest revision as of 20:44, 25 March 2019

About Expertiza

Expertiza is an open source project based on Ruby on Rails framework. Expertiza allows the instructor to create new assignments and customize new or existing assignments. It also allows the instructor to create a list of topics the students can sign up for. Students can form teams in Expertiza to work on various projects and assignments. Students can also peer review other students' submissions. Expertiza supports submission across various document types, including the URLs and wiki pages[1].

Code Climate Issues and Problem Statements

Codeclimate is a command line interface for the Code Climate analysis platform. It could detect code smells which violate ruby/rails best practices. The task is to fix certain code climate issues detected by Code Climate analysis platform in controllers with the name begin with P to Z. Those issues includes unsafe use of methods, inappropriate syntax, non-optimal code structure and so on. There are totally 33 different types of issues fixed in this project.


Below is a list of all issues we have fixed.

1. Unprotected mass assignment

2. Use a guard clause instead of wrapping the code inside a conditional expression

3. Do not use Time.now without zone. Use one of Time.zone.now, Time.current, Time.now.in_time_zone, Time.now.utc, Time.now.getlocal, Time.now.iso8601, Time.now.jisx0301, Time.now.rfc3339, Time.now.to_i, Time.now.to_f instead

4. Move redirect_to "/" out of the conditional.

5. Block has too many lines

6. Identical blocks of code found in 2 locations. Consider refactoring.

7. Favor unless over if for negative conditions.

8. Operator = should be surrounded by a single space.

9. Line is too long

10. Extra empty line detected at method body beginning.

11. Unnecessary spacing detected.

12. Parameters should be whitelisted for mass assignment

13. Avoid using update_attribute because it skips validations.

14. end at 44, 4 is not aligned with def at 39, 2.

15. Unsafe reflection method const_get called with parameter value

16. TODO found

17. Convert if nested inside else to elsif

18. Similar blocks of code found in 3 locations. Consider refactoring

19. User controlled method execution

20. Extra blank line detected

21. Use empty lines between method definitions.

22. Prefer each over for

23. Prefer Date or Time over DateTime.

24. Omit parentheses for ternary conditions

25. Do not place comments on the same line as the end keyword.

26. Useless assignment to variable - controllers. Did you mean controller?

27. end at 135, 2 is not aligned with class at 1, 0

28. Put one space between the method name and the first argument.

29. Space missing after colon.

30. Use the new Ruby 1.9 hash syntax

31. show, edit, update, destroy are not explicitly defined on the controller.

32. Rename is_user_ta? to user_ta?

33. Avoid comma after the last item of an array

Implementation

There are many minor issues such as unnecessary spacing, change "for" to "each" for loop, extra blank line detected, omitted parentheses used and so on. We're not going to show all these minor fixing on this section but just show some important issues we fixed.

Testing

The Expertiza project provides 77 rspec tests under expertiza/spec and 8 of them are related to our controllers files. After modifying those 28 files, we want to make sure these tests could still pass. We passed all the Rspec tests except for "response_controller". However, we were not requirement to fix the issues for this controllers.




Reference

[[1]]' Code Climate General Description https://github.com/codeclimate/codeclimate/blob/master/README.md

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