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# PMD

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## About

**PMD** is a source code analyzer. It finds common programming flaws like unused variables, empty catch blocks,
unnecessary object creation, and so forth. It supports Java, JavaScript, Salesforce.com Apex and Visualforce, PLSQL, Apache Velocity,
XML, XSL.

Additionally it includes **CPD**, the copy-paste-detector. CPD finds duplicated code in
C/C++, C#, Dart, Fortran, Go, Groovy, Java, JavaScript, JSP, Kotlin, Matlab,
Objective-C, Perl, PHP, PLSQL, Python, Ruby, Salesforce.com Apex, Scala, Swift and Visualforce.

## Source and Documentation

Our latest source of PMD can be found on [GitHub](https://github.com/pmd/pmd). Fork us!

*   [How to build PMD](BUILDING.md)
*   [How to contribute to PMD](CONTRIBUTING.md)

The rule designer is developed over at [pmd/pmd-designer](https://github.com/pmd/pmd-designer).
Please see [its README](https://github.com/pmd/pmd-designer#contributing) for
developer documentation.

## News and Website

More information can be found on our [Website](https://pmd.github.io) and on [SourceForge](https://sourceforge.net/projects/pmd/).
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#1441 PMD: Update documentation how to compile after modularization 2015-11-14 17:53:52 +01:00			`## About`

Add CONTRIBUTING.md, BUILDING.md. Update README.md 2017-01-05 11:27:08 +01:00			`PMD is a source code analyzer. It finds common programming flaws like unused variables, empty catch blocks,`
Add Visualforce to README 2017-08-23 14:55:09 -03:00			`unnecessary object creation, and so forth. It supports Java, JavaScript, Salesforce.com Apex and Visualforce, PLSQL, Apache Velocity,`
Add CONTRIBUTING.md, BUILDING.md. Update README.md 2017-01-05 11:27:08 +01:00			`XML, XSL.`
add a basic README.md file for github 2012-11-17 17:00:27 +01:00
Add CONTRIBUTING.md, BUILDING.md. Update README.md 2017-01-05 11:27:08 +01:00			`Additionally it includes CPD, the copy-paste-detector. CPD finds duplicated code in`
Add Dart to CPD supported languages 2019-04-10 16:25:16 -03:00			`C/C++, C#, Dart, Fortran, Go, Groovy, Java, JavaScript, JSP, Kotlin, Matlab,`
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#1441 PMD: Update documentation how to compile after modularization 2015-11-14 17:53:52 +01:00
Add CONTRIBUTING.md, BUILDING.md. Update README.md 2017-01-05 11:27:08 +01:00			`## Source and Documentation`
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Add CONTRIBUTING.md, BUILDING.md. Update README.md 2017-01-05 11:27:08 +01:00			`Our latest source of PMD can be found on [GitHub](https://github.com/pmd/pmd). Fork us!`
#1441 PMD: Update documentation how to compile after modularization 2015-11-14 17:53:52 +01:00
Add CONTRIBUTING.md, BUILDING.md. Update README.md 2017-01-05 11:27:08 +01:00			`* [How to build PMD](BUILDING.md)`
			`* [How to contribute to PMD](CONTRIBUTING.md)`
#1441 PMD: Update documentation how to compile after modularization 2015-11-14 17:53:52 +01:00
Update CONTRIBUTING, README 2019-03-03 11:54:41 +01:00			`The rule designer is developed over at [pmd/pmd-designer](https://github.com/pmd/pmd-designer).`
			`Please see [its README](https://github.com/pmd/pmd-designer#contributing) for`
			`developer documentation.`

#1441 PMD: Update documentation how to compile after modularization 2015-11-14 17:53:52 +01:00			`## News and Website`

Add CONTRIBUTING.md, BUILDING.md. Update README.md 2017-01-05 11:27:08 +01:00			`More information can be found on our [Website](https://pmd.github.io) and on [SourceForge](https://sourceforge.net/projects/pmd/).`