Code Analysis Team Blog

Hi Everyone, With the launch of the Beta we would like to tell you about some of the great...

Date: 03/08/2012

  Recently we have received several questions regarding Visual Studio Code Analysis integration...

Date: 04/06/2011

Version 10.0 of FxCop is the version that ships with Visual Studio 2010 Premium. FxCop 10.0 is part...

Date: 07/26/2010

This blog post applies to Visual Studio 2010 Premium and Ultimate editions. The content was written...

Date: 04/14/2010

This blog explains how to implement your own static code analysis rules for analyzing your .NET (C#,...

Date: 03/26/2010

This blog compares the Code Analysis warnings and errors generated by Visual Studio 2008 and Visual...

Date: 03/23/2010

This post summarizes the new functionality you will experience sing the Code Analysis functionality...

Date: 03/22/2010

Two weeks ago, I introduced you to Visual Studio 2010 September '08 CTP (Community Technology...

Date: 11/12/2008

I've just published a post over my blog about a new feature we added for Visual Studio 2008 SP1 and...

Date: 08/25/2008

We are pleased to announce that we've released the next version of FxCop. This release has a number...

Date: 08/19/2008

For those that are interested, I've just started a new personal blog, Dave's Box, where I will be...

Date: 06/10/2008

We've just uploaded FxCop 1.35 to MSDN Code Gallery after we lost our home on GotDotNet - this is...

Date: 02/29/2008

I've upgraded from FxCop 1.35 to 1.36 and now FxCop has started to fire warnings against typed...

Date: 02/28/2008

Update: You can now download FxCop 1.35 directly from MSDN Code Gallery. As you many you have well...

Date: 02/26/2008

Jason Kresowaty has posted a great tutorial on writing Code Analysis/FxCop rules. He also spends...

Date: 01/18/2008

Krzysztof and Brad have announced they are working on the second edition of the awesome Framework...

Date: 01/15/2008

In response to a lot of recent requests, we've put together a complete list of rules that shipped in...

Date: 01/07/2008

Code analysis defect counts are available in the cube that is part of the TFS Data Warehouse. This...

Date: 01/02/2008

Join members of the Visual Studio Team System product group to discuss features available in Team...

Date: 12/04/2007

We have a great new feature that we are previewing in Microsoft® Visual Studio® Team...

Date: 11/28/2007

Another question that is coming up is: How can (or should) code metrics be presented to management ?...

Date: 11/28/2007

Another question: The maintainability index has been re-set to lie between 0 and 100. How and why...

Date: 11/20/2007

This is the first in a series of posts around questions I am getting asked related to code metrics....

Date: 11/16/2007

A number of people have asked: Is there a way to customize the existing code metrics or add...

Date: 11/15/2007

I'm pleased to announce that we've released a beta of the next version of FxCop. This release has a...

Date: 10/10/2007

While Ian Huff has already talked about the new 'Developer' menu that has been added to Visual...

Date: 09/22/2007

One of my favorite new features for Code Analysis in Visual Studio 2008 is our support for analyzing...

Date: 09/21/2007

One not very well known feature that lights up when connected to a Team Foundation Server, is the...

Date: 09/20/2007

Once you turn on the new spelling rules that we've added to Visual Studio 2008, you will want to...

Date: 08/20/2007

Surprisingly, one the biggest requests for Code Analysis in Visual Studio 2005 was to include the...

Date: 08/12/2007

I've recently received a few requests asking about the Code Analysis rules we run internally against...

Date: 08/09/2007

For Visual Studio 2008, we have added a new MSBuild property that allows you to easily treat all...

Date: 08/08/2007

Join members of the Visual Studio Team System product group to discuss features available in Visual...

Date: 08/01/2007

Find answers to commonly asked questions about Visual Studio Code Analysis. General FAQ: Why is...

Date: 07/11/2007

Mike Fanning, Krzysztof Cwalina, and Brad Abrams were awarded with the Engineering Excellence...

Date: 07/05/2007

Our excellent program manager, Joe Rohde, is trying to gather information on the kinds of custom...

Date: 07/04/2007

Join members of the Visual Studio Team System product group to discuss features available in Visual...

Date: 07/03/2007

While writing your custom rule, you will likely come across a need to debug it and work out why it's...

Date: 05/16/2007

It appears that sometimes FxCop displays a link to the source line and file in the Message Details...

Date: 05/12/2007

A lecture on API design by Krzysztof Cwalina (the brains behind the Framewok Design Guidelines) has...

Date: 05/10/2007

A while ago I mentioned that FxCop (and hence Managed Code Analysis) naming and design rules only...

Date: 05/08/2007

If you've been living under a rock (or just distracted by this Silverlight thingy), you might have...

Date: 05/06/2007

Nicole Calinoiu has started a (what I hope to be long) series on introducing Code Analysis (FxCop in...

Date: 05/04/2007

We had two great chats last Friday. Thank-you to all that attended, I had a lot of fun. The...

Date: 05/02/2007

Both Code Analysis, FxCop and Code Metrics make extensive use of CompilerGeneratedAttribute and...

Date: 04/27/2007

Well...okay, I lied, it's actually the same great forum as before, it's just been renamed. Visual...

Date: 04/25/2007

Update: We've added another session for Asia and the Pacific. Join members of the Visual Studio Team...

Date: 04/22/2007

I want to fire on the naming of a local, however, whenever I pass the local to the Problem...

Date: 03/27/2007

We've been hearing a few reports of the following errors being output to the Error List after...

Date: 03/15/2007

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