LOC Calculator

Behind every web page, or application, there is a thorough code configuration which makes everything work. Sure enough, the code can be written on a single line, but this is a highly impractical, and frustrating method for debugging. Not all IDEs can count lines, and if you want to quickly do so, LOC Calculator can reveal the number in a few seconds.

On the one hand, the application skips you the time and effort needed to go through a setup process, meaning you can carry it around on a thumb drive to use on other computers as well. This keeps the target PC’s registries clean, but you do need to make sure that Java Runtime Environment is on the computer you use it on.

The visual design lets individuals of all levels of experience quickly accommodate, since it only consists of an input field, several options to read lines, and the preview area which is only big enough to display all results.

Loading files needs to be done through the browse dialog, because dropping them over the main window has no effect, nor is there a context menu integration for a faster approach. What’s more, the application doesn’t really target a specific type of file, and can work well with TXT, HTML, and more, but you can try your luck with the type you’re interested in.

Results are displayed on the spot in the preview area. A couple of parameters can be enabled to scan recursively, or to ignore whitespace. The application shows the number of files you add, binary files, total number of non-empty lines, as well as empty lines. Unfortunately, there aren’t any save functions, but info can be copied from the preview area.

A few last words Taking everything into consideration, we can state that LOC Calculator is a lightweight, straightforward application which can reveal the number of lines, and whitespace lines in a source code files at the press of a button. Portability provides a great deal of flexibility, and support for multiple files lets you analyze an entire, thorough project.