CyVis v0.9.0 - Release Notes
Description
CyVis is a free software metrics collection, analysis and visualisation tool for java based software.
Software Requirements:
Features provided:
Since this is the first public version all the
features are given here.
·
100%
Java Application with Java 1.5 support
·
Collects
Metrics from class files (hence there's no need for the source code).
·
CyVis
Ant Task, to integrate with your build.
·
Multithreading
is used to speed up the extraction of metrics.
·
Detailed
Metrics at Project, Package, Class and Method Level.
·
Metrics
shown in tables and charts.
·
Customizable
coloured highlighting in charts for better data visualisation.
·
In
depth analysis with the Project Tree Viewer.
·
Capable
of batch operation.
·
Command
Line option.
· HTML & Text Reports generation, or raw metrics export in XML format.
Features Planned for future releases:
Known Issues:
Though CyVis is written in
java it has only been tested for windows machines, so we do know how it might
behave on other platforms.
Please feel free to post
any Issues that you happen to come across here.
Installation Instruction (for Windows):
1. Download the latest binary distribution of CyVis here. Select the CyVis-{version}-bin.zip file.
2.
Extract the zip
file to a desired location.
3.
Double Click on
the cyvis.jar file to run CyVis. If your system does not support double jar
file then you can start CyVis by clicking on the cyvis.bat
file from the bin folder.
Note: For running CyVis as a
batch process or a command line tool, read the command line manual and for
integrating the application with your Ant build script refer the CyVis Ant Task
manual.