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:

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

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

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)
  
  1. AssembliesShouldHaveValidStrongNames (Design)
  2. Remove unused private methods (Performance)
  3. 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

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)
  
  1. DoNotHideBaseClassMethods
  2. AvoidLongTypeArgumentsForVB6Clients
  3. 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.  

• Added Pivot View

• 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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by Serge Baranovsky

We published new Beta build of CodeIt.Right - added new rule, a number of UI improvements and bug fixes. Give it a try.

We will be rather quiet for two weeks - Misha is traveling up here to Seattle for the Microsoft MVP Global Summit. We both will be busy with the Summit and events around it. Misha is very excited about the trip - this is his first time in Seattle and United States. We both will take few days off and go ski at Crystal Mount. We've worked hard getting CodeIt.Right Beta out and certainly going to enjoy the time off - just to rejuvenate before we jump on the next set of improvements :)

That doesn't mean we will go incommunicado - there will be no new CodeIt.Right builds for two weeks that's all. We are leaving two developers in the shop and Stuart as usually will be on the top of the support issues. I will make sure I follow up on support cases at least every other day.

Changes in build 1.0.07066:

• ADDED: Progress window for parsing code, loading references and running code analysis
• ADDED: Progress window the Correct Checked operation
• FIXED: Disabled Naming rules for ASPX type names
• FIXED: Issue with concurrent access when caching references
• FIXED: Resolved issues when CodeIt.Right installed under an Andministator account and used under a User or Restricted User account
• ADDED: SkipOnCheckAll propery to the IRule interface (for Custom Rules)
• ADDED: Text description to most of the toolbar buttons
• IMPROVED: Unhandled exception logging
• FIXED: "NullReferenceException" when the "Show Analysis Window" toolbar button clicked
• ADDED: Separate tree branch in New Project/New Item for CodeIt.Right Custom Rule Library and Wizard in VS2003 and VS2005
• CHANGED: Excluded modifier "Extern" in most rules in built-in profile
• ADDED: New rule "DoNotRethrowExceptionsExplicitly"
• FIXED: Bug in the "DoNotRaiseReservedExceptionTypes" rule
• other fixes

Download build 1.0.07066 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

Here we have the new Beta build of CodeIt.Right available for download. There are no new rules added in this build but we polished quite a few existing rules, added new features and fixed bunch of issue.

Change list:

• IMPROVED: Excluding rules/violation now does not require re-analysing the whole solution
• ADDED: "Show Analysis Window" - brings up CodeIt.Right window if it is lost in the stack of opened code windows in the VS IDE
• IMPROVED: CodeIt.Right now will work correctly even under restricted user account
• FIXED: Issue with "IdentifiersShouldDifferByMoreThanCase" rule
• ADDED: Added support for "Solution Folders" in VS2005 web projects
• IMPROVED: In Rule Designer when editing a built-in profile it prompts now to create a new profile
• FIXED: Setup preserves Visual Studio settings and toolbar customization
• FIXED: Various setup improvement
• ADDED: Total count to CodeIt.Right window tab captions for Violations/Excluded Violations/Excluded Rules/Excluded Files
• CHANGED: Merged error and reference log files into one
• CHANGED: Location for log file, profiles, settings to My Documents
• CHANGED: Location for reference cache to User Application Data
• ADDED: "Show Analysis Window", "Check All", "Clear All", "Correct Checked" to CodeIt.Right menu
• IMPROVED: "Do not declare external visible fields" rule - added option to create public Property (Pascal Cased) if possible
• CHANGED: Setup copies 3rd party assemblies to GAC and own assemblies to private assemblies directory
• CHANGED: Violation report file changed from *.cirdata to *.crdata
• other fixes

Build 1.0.07055 can be downloaded here - http://submain.com/download/codeit.right

For more information on getting started with CodeIt.Right, support and feedback see Beta announce post.

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by Serge Baranovsky

New build of CodeIt.Right Beta is available for download

Change list:

• IMPROVED: Windows Vista compatibility. CodeIt.Right still requires you run VS2005 "As Administrator" but so is VS2005 itself. We all hope that expected soon VS2005 SP1 update for Vista will help to address the Vista issues for Visual Studio
• FIXED: Now compatible with 64 bit versions of Windows.
• ADDED: Auto-generated Designer.cs and Designer.vb files are now ignored
• FIXED: Rule "Types that own disposable fields should be disposable" ignores static classes
• FIXED: setup doesn't run "devenv.exe /setup" - install/uninstall speed improved, resolves issues related to resetting 3rd-party VS Add-In custom settings and re-enabling disabled Add-Ins.

We are still working on the memory use optimization.

NOTE: Please take a look at the Flash presentations as they help to understand CodeIt.Right better.

Build 1.0.07040 can be downloaded here - http://submain.com/download/codeit.right

For more information on getting started with CodeIt.Right, support and feedback see our previous post.

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by Serge Baranovsky

We have exciting news for you - today we released first public Beta version of our new product CodeIt.Right - the tool that will find your code and performance problems, fix them automatically, keep your naming consistent and will guide you through most common coding patterns and best practices.

Download now

Download your copy of the CodeIt.Right Beta at http://submain.com/download/codeit.right

** IMPORTANT: Please keep in mind this is still a Beta product. It is not recommended to install it on a mission critical development machines.

Support / Feedback

Email: Contact Support
Community: http://community.submain.com
Forum: CodeIt.Right Discussion Forum

Screenshots / Guides

Quick Start - Quick 1 minute CodeIt.Right walkthrough

Introduction to CodeIt.Right Features - Here is where we show main CodeIt.Right functions and options

ISerializable Pattern example - One of many scenarios when CodeIt.Right helps to diagnose issues early and implement coding patterns correctly.

More guides and tutorials to come...

Getting Started

Quick 1 minute CodeIt.Right walkthrough - Quick Start Guide

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