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by Serge Baranovsky
New version of CodeIt.Right is almost out. We have a beta build 1.1.08198 for you today. Please download and give it a try, let us know what works and what doesn't. This is pretty big release that includes .NET 3.5 support, Guidelines document template generation, new command line version parameters and more. Please share your feedback in the forums.
If you get an unhandled error dialog, please enter your email address so we could let you know when we resolved the issue or if we need to contact you for more details in our troubleshooting.
For the .NET 3.5 support we have made major changes to our parsing engine - please report all issues you encounter with the Beta.
Major changes in the v1.1 Beta:
- Support for .NET 3.5 (C# 3.0 and VB 9.0)
- New feature - Generate Template in Profile Editor allows to generate guidelines document template based on the profile. Please note the XSL stylesheet only works with IE (not Firefox)
- Improved Profile Editor layout
- Added "Rule Info" tab in Profile Editor
- Pivot View allows to save your custom views (Save As)
- Updated SDK documentation - now includes most every class, method and property of CodeIt.Right SDK
- Auto-Update now also includes the latest help file
- New Options -> General -> Max violations to report (default 1000) to limit to the first N violations reported
- New Rules:
- Do not declare read only mutable reference types (Security)
- Seal methods that satisfy private interfaces (Security)
- Secure GetObjectData overrides (Security)
- Assemblies should declare minimum security (Security)
- Override link demands should be identical to base (Security)
- Prefix member calls with self (Usage)
- Do not prefix calls with Base unless needed (Usage)
- CodeItRight.Cmd.exe improvements:
- Added MsBuild and Nant tasks (SubMain.CodeItRight.MSBuild.dll and
SubMain.CodeItRight.NAntBuild.dll)
- Fixed /Quiet option
- Added /OutXSL parameter
- Added /CRData parameter
- Improved formatting of the output XML data file
- Added return error codes
- Removed key press required in the older version
- see CodeItRight.Cmd.exe Command Line Options for details
- many bugs fixed
Download build 1.1.08198 here - http://submain.com/download.aspx?product=codeit.right-beta
Note: Even though 1.1.08198 is a stable Beta it's Beta nevertheless. Proceed with care.
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by Serge Baranovsky
As I mentioned earlier I presented CodeIt.Right in Portland at PADNUG last week. I had great time, thank you all guys and girls - you are wonderful and very friendly audience! I'm glad I got to know better some of you during the "informal" meeting at Gustav's after the presentation.
Few of you asked if the slides will be available, so I'm published PDF version of the slides on our community page - PADNUG CodeIt.Right Presentation Slides. If you need the PPT version - just drop me a note at the email address on the first page of the slides.
Thanks again, it was great visiting Portland!
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by Serge Baranovsky v1.1 progress & Enterprise EditionThe v1.1 release that includes .NET 3.5 syntax has been slightly delayed. There are two reasons for that - we had too much fun at the MVP Summit mid-April and we made few significant changes to the parsing and refactoring engines to support the 3.5 syntax. The coding part is done, we cover all of the .NET 3.5 now. And we are going through a major testing phase as the base application layer responsible for all .NET versions was affected. We are currently targeting end of May for the v1.1 release date.
Meanwhile, the Enterprise Edition of CodeIt.Right is pretty much ready - we should have beta in a couple of weeks. Enterprise Edition has two parts - developer client and Profile Authoring/Admin piece. The latter, in addition to the Profile Editor features, has the ability to push profiles to developer workstations and limit developers to use only the profiles that were published by a Team Lead/Lead Developer/Architect.
Tutorials
We have published CodeIt.Right SDK Online Documentation and a couple of new tutorials: All tutorials are now listed on the new dedicated Tutorials page.
Presentation I will be speaking in Protland at PADNUG this Tuesday, May 6th at 6:30pm - more details here - http://www.padnug.org/padnug/meetings.aspx?ID=145 If you are in the area and want to hear about coding guidelines, best practices, ask questions and see a demo of CodeIt.Right, come join us. I will bring some swag for giveaway, free licenses and discount codes.
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by Serge Baranovsky
This CodeIt.Right rule update includes fixes as well as 3 new security rules.
New rules:
- Do not declare read only mutable reference types (Security)
- Seal methods that satisfy private interfaces (Security)
- Secure GetObjectData overrides (Security)
These rules are included with the default profile and you will only need to follow the wizard to merge them into your custom profiles.
Fixes:
- Rule "Do not override operator equals on reference types" incorrectly triggered violation for the "Equals" method. Now this rules only reports violation for the operator "==" override.
- Fixed "If the type is a generic type, CIR adds the apostrophe-count string to the class name for the deserialization constructor"
- Fixed "If there is no explicit default parameterless constructor, adding the deserialization constructor causes errors in all derived classes that called the parameterless constructor"
As a reminder, this set of rules is distributed using the Rule AutoUpdate feature which triggers 15 minutes after you start Visual Studio. If you turned the feature off, you can manually start the update wizard from the CodeIt.Right/Help & Support/Update Rules menu.
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by Serge Baranovsky
Since the v1.0 release a number of improvements were requested for use CodeIt.Right in an automated build process and we are making a refresh for CodeItRight.Cmd.exe available today. This version of CodeItRight.Cmd will be included as part of the v1.1 release which additionally will ship with ready to use tasks for MSBuild and NAnt.
See CodeItRight.Cmd.exe Command Line Options for complete list of the console version command line switches and error codes.
Important:
- This copy of the console version of CodeIt.Right will only work with the original v1.0 release (build 1.0.08035)
- It will only work with the VS2005 and VS2008 version of CodeIt.Right. If you need VS2003 version, please contact support.
You can download the new improved here
Instructions:
- Extract SubMain.CodeItRight.Cmd.exe from the downloaded zip file
- Save it to CodeIt.Right program directory, typically Program Files\SubMain\CodeIt.Right
Changes in this build of CodeItRight.Cmd.exe:
- Fixed /Quiet option
- Removed key press required in the older version after it is done analyzing solution
- Added /OutXSL parameter
- Added /CRData parameter
- Improved output XML data formatting
- Added return error codes
See CodeItRight.Cmd.exe Command Line Options for complete list of the console version command line switches and error codes.
by Serge Baranovsky
CodeIt.Right will be available at the introductory price of $180 through February 20th, 2008 (regular price $250/user after Feb 20th). To make it even better the introductory price also includes complementary 1 year of Software Assurance & Gold Support Subscription - more info about the subscription - (regular - only 3 months included with additional $100 per year). And, as always, you are covered by our 60-day money-back guarantee.
February 20th is only two weeks away, so, hurry, download CodeIt.Right, play with it, learn it, ask questions you have and buy it when you are ready.
I will see in you in the forums, I will be the one serving beer and answering questions :)
Buy CodeIt.Right Now
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by Serge Baranovsky
CodeIt.Right is finally finished after about 3 years in the making. That's right, CodeIt.Right is Released! It is out in its all new shiny package :)
I would like to make a pause here and extend my deepest gratitude towards everyone who helped make this release possible. From the SubMain development team, the advisory board members, to everyone who participated in the community and contributed feedback over the year since we released the first public beta.
CodeIt.Right, my 7 years long dream come true. The tool it out! Cheers! (I truly believe that code analysis coupled with automatic refactoring will change the way .NET developer teams and solo developers work!)
With the touchy-feely stuff out of the way, let's get back to the actual product, shall we? :)
If you are new to CodeIt.Right:
What's next?
This not a road map per se, just highlights of where we are heading with CodeIt.Right over the next months:
- We will keep publishing new rules as they are developed and will push them to you using the Auto-Update feature
- We will publish more tutorials and how tos on using the product and developing your own custom rules using CodeIt.Right SDK
- Create community section over at http://community.submain.com and allow custom developed rules shared with other users
- Version v1.1 is coming in 4-6 weeks - .NET 3.5 syntax, merging profiles, Pivot View improvements, generating team guidelines document template from profile, and of course, more rules!
- Version v2.0 is preliminarily scheduled for summer 2008 and will introduce VSTS integration and manual refactorings (we will merge CodeIt.Once into CodeIt.Right)
So, don't wait, go ahead, download CodeIt.Right - http://submain.com/download/codeit.right - play with it, explore the rules included in the box, get out of the box and try developing your own custom rules, share them, ask questions, tell us what you think!
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by Serge Baranovsky
Another CodeIt.Right rule update. Next stop, release of CodeIt.Right, is targeted at February 1. Yes, that's the end of this week, better hurry to take advantage of the pre-release pricing ;)
New CodeIt.Right rule posted:
- Use prefix for return type (Naming)
- Avoid prefix for return type (Naming)
- Use prefix for derived type (Naming)
- Avoid prefix for derived type (Naming)
The four rules above will not be included into the default profile - see How to add rule to User Profile to learn how to add these into your custom profile.
This set of rules is distributed using the Rule AutoUpdate feature added into the Beta 2 of CodeIt.Right. Auto Update triggers in 15 minutes after you start Visual Studio. If you turned the feature off you can manually start the update wizard from the CodeIt.Right/Help & Support/Update Rules menu.
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by Serge Baranovsky
Here we have another smallish update for CodeIt.Right - build 1.0.08005.
Early next week we publish another couple of new really cool rules. We will use rule Auto-Update to push them to you.
You can see the product is getting very stable now and we only do minor modifications. Which means, guess what? That we are releasing soon :)
So, make sure you take advantage of our pre-release CodeIt.Right license pricing while it's not too late ;)
Changes since the last build
- Enabled the "Enter Registration Code..." menu item. Those of you who already purchased CodeIt.Right license (thank you!) can now activate the product.
- Fixed issue with with XML comments rule with enum members all declared on the same line.
- Fixed problem in the UseOrAvoidCertainPrefixes rule - see forum post
- Addressed a couple of bugs in the refactoring engine.
- Few other minor fixes.
Download build 1.0.08005 here - http://submain.com/download/codeit.right
For more information on CodeIt.Right, getting started presentation, support and feedback see Beta announce post.
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by Serge Baranovsky
As the RC is available we are releasing CodeIt.Right in the next 3 weeks.
We decided to offer the product for purchase at a pre-release price with an extra bonus. Buy CodeIt.Right here. This is the full license we just give you an opportunity to get it at a lower price.
Pre-release price
Pre-release price $250 $150 (includes complementary 1 year of Software Assurance & Gold Support subscription)
Buy CodeIt.Right today and save!
Post-release price
User license - $250 (includes 3 month Software Assurance (Gold Support subscription to be purchased separately), $100 per year after that)
Annual Software Assurance & Gold Support - $100 :
- Upgrade to new versions at no additional cost (regardless of price changes)
- Auto Update for the latest rule sets
- Access to private Gold Support forums
Buying with us is safe - with our 60-day money-back guarantee if you are not happy with the product.
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by Serge Baranovsky
Release is just around the corner - CodeIt.Right Release Candidate build 1.0.07355 is available now. This build also includes CodeIt.Right SDK help file. Please download the Release Candidate and share your feedback in the forums.
Major changes overview since the last Beta build
- Added support for VS2008 - currently only supports .NET 2.0 solutions in the VS2008 IDE
- Included CodeIt.Right SDK help file - installs into the SubMain/CodeIt.Right/Help directory. Also available separately in the Community Download section
- Linked to SDK Reference help file from the main CodeIt.Right Help
- Added Proxy settings to the Options dialog (Options/Proxy)
- Addressed lockup issue when CodeIt.Right would freeze VS2005 running under Windows Vista
- Added option to turn off anonymous rule usage statistics reporting (Options/Other)
- Added option to exclude regions from analysis (Options/Exclude Regions). Predefined regions are
- Web Form Designer Generated Code
- Web Services Designer Generated Code
- Windows Form Designer Generated Code
- Component Designer Generated Code
- Assembly Attribute Accessors
- My.Settings Auto-Save Functionality
- COM GUIDs
- Improved the rules auto-update function
- Fixed number of issues in the refactoring engine
- Fixed - when new rules with configurable properties added to a profile, the Editor will warn if the properties are not populated on the rule Save action
- Fixed Add Rule dialog in Profile Editor now saves sort order
- Other minor changes and bug fixes.
Download build 1.0.07355 here - http://submain.com/download/codeit.right
For more information on CodeIt.Right, getting started presentation, support and feedback see Beta announce post.
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by Serge Baranovsky
New CodeIt.Right rule posted:
- Externally visible types and members should have XML comments (General)
This rule makes sure all Public and Protected members and types have XML documentation comment.
AutoCorrect option for this rule is 'Add XML comment template' which will add
(for VB) ''' <summary>
'''
''' </summary>
''' <value>
''' <para>
'''
''' </para>
''' </value>
''' <remarks>
'''
''' </remarks>
(for C#) /// <summary>
///
/// </summary>
/// <value>
/// <para>
///
/// </para>
/// </value>
/// <remarks>
///
/// </remarks>
(actual content of the template will depend of the code element the XML template are being added to).
This set of rules is distributed using the Rule AutoUpdate feature added into the Beta 2 of CodeIt.Right. Auto Update triggers in 15 minutes after you start Visual Studio. If you turned the feature off you can manually start the update wizard from the CodeIt.Right/Help & Support/Update Rules menu.
Don't forget to leave your feedback in the CodeIt.Right forum http://community.submain.com/forums/4/ShowForum.aspx
(Note: if you skip the custom profile update step in the Rules Update Wizard, you still can add new rules to your custom profile(s) using the Add Rule button in the Profile Editor - you will find recent rules by sorting the date column)
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by Serge Baranovsky
Another refresh for CodeIt.Right Beta build 1.0.07322. Please download the latest build and to let us know what you think on the forums.
Major changes overview since the last build
- Changed setup directory for VS2005 version to "CodeIt.Right" - used to be "CideIt.Right for VS2005"
- Toolbar and most of the menu is now enabled even when you don't have any solution/projects open
- Changed file format of Rule Update engine to .ZIP (from .DLL) to avoid firewall issues.
- Added new rules (more to come after Beta 2)
- AssembliesShouldHaveValidStrongNames (Design)
- Remove unused private methods (Performance)
- PropertiesShouldNotReturnArrays (Performance)
- Added date sort order in the "Add Rule" dialog.
- Fixed bug not allowing to add rule to profile if rule belongs to a custom Category
- Fixed issue with "Solution Folders"
- Fixed bug with CompilerGenerated/GeneratedCode attributes - now analysis is skipped inside the element marked with CompilerGenerated or GeneratedCode attribute
- In Custom Rules for "ModificationDate" now use the modification date of the rule assembly
- many smaller changes and bug fixes.
(Note for current Beta users: to see the new rules you will need to switch back to the built-in profile or add them to your custom profile(s))
Download build 1.0.07322 here - http://submain.com/download/codeit.right
For more information on CodeIt.Right, getting started presentation, support and feedback see Beta 1 announce post.
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by Serge Baranovsky
New set of CodeIt.Right rules:
- Avoid unsealed attributes (Performance)
- COM visible types should be creatable (Interoperability)
- Pointers should not be visible (Security)
- Remove empty finalizers (Performance)
(All of the new rules above offer AutoCorrect options)
This set of rules is distributed using the Rule AutoUpdate feature added into the Beta 2 of CodeIt.Right. Auto Update triggers in 15 minutes after you start Visual Studio. If you turned the feature off you can manually start the update wizard from the CodeIt.Right/Help & Support/Update Rules menu. Another set of rules will be distributed with new build of CodeIt.Right next week as some of them require updated version of the SDK.
Please leave your feedback how much you like/dislike the AutoUpdate feature, your suggestions - in the CodeIt.Right forum http://community.submain.com/forums/4/ShowForum.aspx
(Note: if you skip the custom profile update step in the Rules Update Wizard, you still can add new rules to your custom profile(s) using the Add Rule button in the Profile Editor - you will find recent rules by sorting the date column)
For more information on CodeIt.Right, getting started presentation, support and feedback see Beta 1 announce post.
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by Serge Baranovsky
We published new CodeIt.Right rules:
- Mark assemblies with assembly version (Design)
- Mark assemblies with CLSCompliant (Design)
- Mark assemblies with ComVisible (Design)
- Remove unused locals (Performance)
(All of the new rules above offer AutoCorrect options)
This is the first set of rules that we distribute using the Rule AutoUpdate feature recently added into the Beta 2 of CodeIt.Right. Auto Update triggers in 15 minutes after you start Visual Studio. If you turned the feature off you can manually start the update wizard from the CodeIt.Right/Help & Support/Update Rules menu.
The AutoUpdate feature is brand new - please leave your feedback how much you like/dislike it, what steps are not intuitive, what would you improve - in the CodeIt.Right forum http://community.submain.com/forums/4/ShowForum.aspx
(Note: if you skip the custom profile update step in the Rules Update Wizard, you still can add new rules to your custom profile(s) using the Add Rule button in the Profile Editor - you will find recent rules by sorting the date column)
For more information on CodeIt.Right, getting started presentation, support and feedback see Beta 1 announce post.
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by Serge Baranovsky
CodeIt.Right Beta 2 is out now - major update since the Beta 1.
Our team is eager to hear your feedback on the Beta 2 version, as you can really influence the next stage of development. Be sure download the Beta 2 and to let us know what you think on the forums, and have your chance to win 1 of 3 $100 Amazon gift certificates to be awarded to the top three posts by October 31st.
Major changes overview since the last Beta 1 build
- Improved analysis performance
- Help file covers most rules
- Added new rules (more to come after Beta 2)
- DoNotHideBaseClassMethods
- AvoidLongTypeArgumentsForVB6Clients
- AptcaTypesShouldExtendAptcaBaseTypes
- Added Rule Update mechanism - allows to notify of new rules published on SubMain site, download, install and update custom profiles.
New post-Beta 2 rules will be distributed this way.
- Revamped Correction Progress dialog with Report, Export and Undo features
- Lots of smaller changes and tons of bug fixes.
(Note for current Beta users: to see the new rules you will need to switch back to the built-in profile or add them to your custom profile(s))
Download build Beta 2 build 1.0.07268 here - http://submain.com/download/codeit.right
For more information on CodeIt.Right, getting started presentation, support and feedback see Beta 1 announce post.
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by Serge Baranovsky
New pre-Beta 2 build (1.0.07172) of CodeIt.Right is published - command line version, XML report, exclude attributes, FxCop rule mapping, many bugs fixed - these make it a major update. Give it a try and tell us what you think.
(Note for current Beta users: to see the new rules you will need to switch back to the built-in profile or add them to your custom profile(s))
Changes in build 1.0.07172:
- ADDED: Command line version SubMain.CodeItRight.Cmd.exe - yes, we support Continuous Integration now!
- ADDED: Export to XML
- ADDED: XSL template for XML report
- ADDED: Custom attributes to exclude rules or rule categories from analysis
- ADDED: Rule mapping to FxCop rules and support for existing FxCop/MS Code Analysis SuppressMessage attributes.
- CHANGED: Rule Designer renamed into Profile Editor
- REMOVED: CreationDate from IRule interface
- ADDED: "ReplaceIdentifierPrefix" rule - allows to replace existing prefixes (e.g. replace "m_" or "g_" with "_")
- ADDED: "ReplaceIdentifierSuffix" rule - very similar to the replace prefix rule above
- FIXED: Issue with line # pointing at the beginning of the structure and not at the actual violation line
- FIXED: Problem loading ASP.NET web sites via HTTP
- CHANGED: Add Rule dialog - now includes rule modification date column
- IMPROVED: Undo/Redo perfomance
- other fixes
We will be posting soon brief info on SuppressMessage attribute support and using the command line version.
Download build 1.0.07172 here - http://submain.com/download/codeit.right
For more information on CodeIt.Right, getting started presentation, support and feedback see Beta announce post.
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by Serge Baranovsky
New Beta build (1.0.07100) of CodeIt.Right is available - added new rule category 'Exception Handling' with 3 new rules, revamped toolbar and fixed whole a lot of bugs reported in the last month. Try it out
(Note for current Beta users: to see the new Exception Handling rules you will need to switch back to the built-in profile or add them to your custom profile(s))
Next stop - new version of PrettyCode.Print for .NET to be released late this month.
Changes in build 1.0.07100:
- REMOVED: "Stop Analysis" button in toolbar and menu
- CHANGED: "Start Analysis" toolbar button - replaced icon with text
- CHANGED: Moved built-in profile into a separate resource DLL - SubMain.CodeItRight.Rules.Default.dll
- FIXED: Drawing issue for marker box
- ADDED: New rule category - "Exception Handling"
- ADDED: New rule "DoNotRaiseSpecifiedExceptionTypes" with correct action "Change type of exception to specified type"
- ADDED: New rule "DoNotCatchSpecifiedExceptionTypes" with correct action "Change type of exception to specified type"
- ADDED: New rule "DoNotHandleNonCLSCompliantExceptions" with correct action "Catch specific exception using parameter catch block"
- UPDATED: Help file - with new rules and category information
- other fixes
With over 2 dozen bugs fixed (not listed individually above) and 3 new exception handling rules this is significant and more stable Beta build.
Download build 1.0.07100 here - http://submain.com/download/codeit.right
For more information on CodeIt.Right, getting started presentation, support and feedback see Beta announce post.
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