Automating Away Bugs with Error Prone in Practice

Discover how to leverage Error Prone, a powerful tool for detecting and preventing bugs and anti-patterns in Java codebases, in this 15-minute conference talk from PlatformCon 2023. Learn about the practical implementation of Error Prone, including how to introduce it to your codebase and enable large-scale automated refactoring. Gain insights from Picnic's experience in using Error Prone to streamline their development process, improve code consistency, and enhance overall code quality. Explore the process of creating and enabling custom rules using Picnic's open-sourced Error Prone Support repository. Understand why Error Prone is an effective tool for automatically fixing and enforcing coding guidelines, removing bugs, and addressing anti-patterns. Get guidance on setting up Error Prone for your company and learn how to approach its rollout from a Platform team perspective. This talk by Rick Ossendrijver, Software Engineer from Picnic Technologies' Java Platform team, provides valuable insights for developers and platform engineers looking to improve their Java development practices.

Automating away bugs with Error Prone in practice | PlatformCon 2023