STATA_LINTER: Stata module providing a tool to detect and correct bad Stata coding practices

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Analytics Dime: The World Bank, DECIE

Statistical Software Components from Boston College Department of Economics

Abstract: The stata_linter package provides a linter for Stata code. Read about what a linter is here: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lint_(software). The package contains a command that detects bad Stata coding practices in a do-file so that users can manually correct them. The command can also correct some of the issues flagged in a new do-file. The purpose of the command is to help users improve code clarity, readability, and organization in Stata do-files. This linter is based on the best practices outlined in The DIME Analytics Coding Guide published as an appendix to the book Development Research in Practice. See here https://worldbank.github.io/dime-data-handbook/coding.html. For more info about this linter, see https://github.com/worldbank/stata_linter.

Language: Stata
Requires: Stata version 16, Python, pandas package
Keywords: linter; style guide; code best practices (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2022-12-06, Revised 2023-05-15
Note: This module should be installed from within Stata by typing "ssc install stata_linter". The module is made available under terms of the GPL v3 (https://www.gnu.org/licenses/gpl-3.0.txt). Windows users should not attempt to download these files with a web browser.
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http://fmwww.bc.edu/repec/bocode/s/stata_linter.sthlp help file (text/plain)
http://fmwww.bc.edu/repec/bocode/l/lint.ado program code (text/plain)
http://fmwww.bc.edu/repec/bocode/l/lint.sthlp help file (text/plain)
http://fmwww.bc.edu/repec/bocode/s/stata_linterFil ... /bocode/_/correct.py program code (text/plain)
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http://fmwww.bc.edu/repec/bocode/s/stata_linter_detect.py program code (text/plain)
http://fmwww.bc.edu/repec/bocode/s/stata_linter_utils.py program code (text/plain)

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