QSM extension for Mendix Studio Pro
This extension lets you view and manage findings in Mendix Studio Pro. It focuses on viewing and managing QSM findings from within your IDE. In particular, it lets you do the following:
- Navigate QSM findings in your IDE. This allows for faster and more familiar code navigation than having to navigate your code and findings in QSM itself.
- Show QSM findings for the code you’re currently working on. This makes it easier to take those findings into consideration and apply the boy scout rule when working on those files.
- Triage findings. Changing a finding’s status and adding remarks directly from your IDE makes it faster and more convenient when you need quickly triage large numbers of findings.
- Jump back-and-forth between QSM and your IDE. When needed, you can quickly jump from the finding information in your IDE to viewing the finding details in QSM.
The Mendix Studio Pro extension requires Studio Pro version 11.7 or newer. It is unfortunately not possible to support older versions.
Installing the extension
During the Beta phase, you will need to install the extension from GitHub. Once the extension is released, you will be able to install the extension from the Mendix Marketplace.
- You can find the Beta version of the extension on GitHub.
- Follow the instructions on GitHub to build and install the extension.
Configuring the extension
Before you can use the extension, you will first need to provide your QSM credentials.
- Open Mendix Studio Pro.
- In the top menu, select “extensions”.
- Select “QSM”.
- Select “QSM settings”.
- Enter your QSM customer name and system name.
- You will also need to add your authentication token.
Using the extension
The QSM extension is not visible by default. You can open it using the following steps:
- In the top menu, select “extensions”.
- Select “QSM”.
- Select “Show QSM findings”.
When opened, the QSM extension contains multiple tabs, one for each QSM capability.
- Double-clicking on a finding will navigate you to the location of that finding in the code.
- Using the “open” icon in the right-hand side will open the corresponding QSM finding detail page in your default browser.
- The pencil icon allows you to edit a finding’s status and add remarks.
Contact and support
Feel free to contact SIG’s support team for any questions or issues you may have after reading this documentation or when using QSM.