• CodeIt.Right v1.9.10111 - both Standard and Enterprise editions. This is a minor update, primarily bug fixes. Not a required update unless you are experiencing some rule issues or unhandled errors this update might fix.
• New setup for TestMatrix - we have created a brand new setup for TestMatrix to replace the often confusing "silent" version. New setup experience is very much the same as all our other products. Version hasn't of the product hasn't changed.

We are added 2 new community contributions to our Tutorials page.

Paulo Morgado posted a great template for CodeIt.Right Code File Header correction action that automatically generates file header compliant with StyleCop Rules. You can find the template source in Paulo's blog post CodeIt.Right Code File Header Template For StyleCop Rules

Craig Sutherland has done a great job integrating CodeIt.Right with CruiseControl.NET.

Here is CodeIt.Right violations report in CC.NET - great to see Craig took advantage of the Severity Threshold feature and implemented filtering to reduce "noise" in the report very much like we have it in CodeIt.Right:

CC.NET CodeIt.Right Analysis Summary report screenshot:

Thank you, Paulo and Craig! Great work!

Today we released update for CodeIt.Right Standard and Enterprise Editions - v1.9.10053. As part of our 2010 Product Roadmap, this version changes include significantly improved performance, support for GlobalSuppressions, new rules and bug fixes.

New in CodeIt.Right v1.9.10053:

• Major performance improvements throughout the rule base
• Added support for GlobalSuppressions - syntax is the same as the VSTS GlobalSuppressions file. This new feature is supported in both Standard and Enterprise editions.
• SuppressMessage attribute for class now applied to all member of the class (see example at the bottom of the post)
• New Rules:
• Avoid the Page.DataBind method (AspNet)
• Avoid the DataBinder.Eval method (AspNet)
• Do not use SaveAs method to store uploaded files (AspNet)
• Always define a global error handler (AspNet)
• Do not disable custom errors (AspNet)
• Avoid setting the AutoPostBack property to True (AspNet)
• Interface methods should be callable by child types (Design)
• Remove unused parameters (Usage)
• Corrected download redirect link in the Enterprise Edition when new version is available. In the past versions it would incorrectly open the Standard Edition download page
• Fixed Encapsulate Field refactoring issue
• Other fixes for the reported issues

The following code sample on how class level SuppressMessage attribute excludes TypesAndMembersShouldHaveXmlComments rule for the class and all its members (bullet #3 above):

[SuppressMessage("SubMain.CodeItRight.Rules.General", "GE00005:TypesAndMembersShouldHaveXmlComments")]
public class MyUndocumentedClass
{
    public void MyUndocumentedMethod1{}
    public void MyUndocumentedMethod2{}
}

This update is free for all users who are current on their Software Assurance and Support Subscription

Code Quality developer tools is the direction we've been following since the introduction of CodeIt.Right and we are taking this commitment to the next level in 2010 with two new products and new features for our existing products.  One of the new products to be released in 2010 will assist in unit testing, code coverage and test code profiling; the second new product will be complementary to CodeIt.Right.  All three products together will comprise our new Code Quality Suite.  Additionally, we will continue to keep up with the Visual Studio 2010 release schedule and have all of our products 2010 compatible when VS2010 is RTM.

Here is what we are planning for 2010:

• New product !
  
  
• Coming March 2010:  we are adding to our product line by offering a unit test runner and code coverage product.
  
  
• New product!
  
  
• Project Anelare (code name) - we will provide details on this project as we get closer to a public preview.  At this point we can share that this will be product complementary to CodeIt.Right - together they will encompass our code quality package.
  
  
• VS2010 support
  
  
• For all products - most of our products are compatible with VS2010 RC, and we will be VS2010 RTM compatible by the time it RTMs.
  
  
• CodeIt.Right
  
  
• Optimized rule library performance:  the new version will be released the first week in March!
  
  
• Community Rule Valuation & Review: we are pioneering "social" in code analysis by enabling the community to rate rules and provide feedback; as well as leverage the community feedback, best uses and best practices for each rule.
  
  
• NEW Rules - with emphasis on security, FxCop/StyleCop parity, SharePoint, WPF & Silverlight rules.
  
  
• (EE) Trend Analysis: monitor code quality improvements over time.
  
  
• (EE) Integration with manual code review tools.
  
  
• Global Suppressions:  adding support for GlobalSuppressions and extending syntax of the SuppressMessage attribute for more flexible in-code exclusions.
  
  
• Multi-select in the violations list.
  
  
• Copy Rule feature:  clone and change rule instance configuration
  
  
• Command line enhancements: open command line/build violations output in Visual Studio for correction
  
  
• Annotation: for excludes and corrections
  
  
• XAML support:  enables building Silverlight and WPF specific rules
  
  
• Profile Wizard:  quick start no-brainer user/project profile based on the project type, importance, community valuation, favorite food, etc
  
  
• GhostDoc
  
  
• We are currently prioritizing the feature set for the new version of GhostDoc. If you have a feature request that you have not submitted yet, share them with us in the GhostDoc forum.
  
  

New version of CodeIt.Right Enterprise Edition - build 1.9.09355 - is available for download now.

This version introduces new feature Merge Profiles that allows to compare and merge user configured profiles, enhances VSTS integration with the new "Add WorkItem" feature, adds command line version parameters and ability to load/unload CodeIt.Right in the menu and Add-In Manager.

This update is free for all users who are current on their Software Assurance and Gold Support Subscription

New in CodeIt.Right Enterprise v1.9:

• New Merge Profiles feature allows to compare and merge user configured profiles
• New "Add WorkItem" feature - create TFS WorkItem from a violation 
• Added /metrics parameter to the command line utility to generate XML output for three metrics reports – "Member", "Type" and "Code"
• Added /sendto parameter to the command line utility - send the violation/metrics output via email
• CodeIt.Right can now be loaded/unloaded in the menu and Add-In Manager
• Build server setup doesn't require Visual Studio on the build machine anymore 
• "Built-in profile" option now is not selectable in the Analysis Module when one or more custom profiles deployed via Team Configuration Module
• New Rules:
• Specify CultureInfo (Globalization)
• Specify IFormatProvider (Globalization)
• Specify StringComparison (Globalization)
• Avoid excessive complexity (Maintainability)
• Avoid excessive inheritance (Maintainability)
• Do not use deprecated properties of Response object (AspNet)
• Fixed a number of bugs in the application and the rules...

Today we are releasing new version of CodeIt.Right - build 1.8.09300.

This version features complete ASP.NET support, it is compatible with VS2010 Beta 2 (in addition to VS2008, VS2005, VS2003), Add Rule dialog improvements - "Hide Rules in the Profile" and "Quick Search", 10+ new rules including new category "CodingStyle".

Those of you who are using CodeIt.Right with very large solutions may know of the memory limitation issue for the tools that live in the Visual Studio address space, aka "Out of Memory" exceptions. You will be excited to know we have addressed the issue in this version by introducing new "Memory Optimization" mode. The "Performance mode" is still on by default since it offers a little faster analysis but CodeIt.Right will offer to switch to the "Memory Optimization" option when you open a large solution or get the dreaded "Out of Memory" exception. You also are free to switch between the options manually.

Another change we made - we removed Sealed modifier for all built-in rules. This gives you even easier way to extend and customize existing rules by simply overriding just the methods you wanted changed. See Tutorial: Extending Existing Rules for a sample.

This update is free for all users who are current on their Software Assurance and Gold Support Subscription

New in CodeIt.Right v1.8:

• Now compatible with VS2010 Beta 2, VS2008, VS2005 and VS2003
• Finally complete ASP.NET support including refactorings in HTML markup.
• Added Memory Optimization mode – allows to minimize the memory use at slightly lower reduces performance. This allows to solve the “Out of Memory” issue on large solutions.
• Added Performance tab to the Options window – Best Performance/Memory Optimization.
• Added new Exclude tab and moved all exclude tabs there
• All Exclude tabs now support multi-select
• New option to Exclude a Project
• Added new “Add” button in Exclude Rule, Exclude File and Exclude Project tabs – the dialogs support multi-select.
• Profile Editor -> Add Rule dialog has new option Hide Rules in the Profile which removes from the selection the rules that already exist in the selected profile.
• Profile Editor -> Add Rule dialog has new Quick Search that filters the list for the rules that contain entered substring
  
• Added RuleID to rule help documentation.
• Product license codes when entered are now activated on the SubMain server.
• Auto Update wizard now shows Software Assurance & Gold Support subscription expiration date.
• About window now shows Software Assurance & Gold Support subscription expiration date.
• All web services – Auto Update, Error Reporting, Statistics and Activation – are now accessed over SSL protected HTTPS connection.
• Removed Sealed modifier for all built-in rules. This allows for new easier way to extend and customize existing rules by simply overriding specific methods. See Tutorial: Extending Existing Rules for a sample.
• Addressed issues related to incorrect source file encoding when Byte Order Mark (BOM) attribute was missing.
• New Rules:
  • Abstract class should have at least one derive class (Design)
  • Interface should have at least one implementation (Design)
  • Project should have AssemblyInfo file (Design)
  • Do not place assembly attributes outside of AssemblyInfo file (Design)
  • Do not include multiple statements on a single line (CodingStyle)
  • Avoid single line If statement (CodingStyle)
  • Do not check for empty strings using Equals (Performance)
  • XML Comments should be spelled correctly (Spelling)
  • Avoid non-public fields in ComVisible value types (Interoperability)
  • Avoid static members in ComVisible types (Interoperability)
  • PInvokes should not be visible (Interoperability)
• Fixed a number of bugs in the application and the rules...

Download

Download version 1.8.09300 here - http://submain.com/download/codeit.right 

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As announced earlier today we just closed the acquisition of the popular XML Comment helper tool GhostDoc. We, SubMain, will continue to evolve the tool and distribute it as a free product.

We are also announcing today the availability of the new version of GhostDoc v2.5.09150 which improves the user setup experience, adds support for Visual Studio 2010 Beta 1 and full support for Visual Basic.

Additionally, today we are making available a new version of CodeIt.Right (v1.6.09151) that adds the IntelliComment feature based on the GhostDoc algorithm and offers improved and automated generation of XML Comments.

We are very excited about taking over the future of an excellent tool such as GhostDoc! We are committed to maintaining this wonderful free tool and we welcome the community feedback and suggestions.

For more on the agreement, please see the press release and interview with Serge Baranovsky and Roland Weigelt - What's in the shop for GhostDoc?

Download GhostDoc v2.5.09150 here - http://submain.com/download/ghostdoc 

Download CodeIt.Right v1.6.09151 here - http://submain.com/download/codeit.right 

As you may know yesterday Microsoft released VS2010 Beta 1 to MSDN Subscribers. The Beta will also be publicly available for the rest of the world on Wednesday. This is long expected and very exciting new version of Visual Studio; and we here at SubMain are fully prepared to support the new shiny version!

While some companies make a big deal posting screenshots of the upcoming VS2010 versions and announcing availability of previews for their products within a month, we at SubMain have been working hard to give our customers a new fully VS2010 compatible version on the day of VS2010 Beta 1 release!

So ... today, within the 24 hours of the VS2010 Beta 1 availability, you can download new version of CodeIt.Right that runs in VS2010 (as well as VS2008, VS2005, VS2003) and fully understands the syntax changes in C# 4.0 and VB10! This is just of the many new features that come with this release - you can see the long list below.

With the VS2010's multi-monitor support and CodeIt.Right allows for even better performance as you keep violations up on one monitor while review source code and the changes on the other monitor.

Another great feature added in this version is the template based rules. We currently support T4 templates. The template based rules are simpler and more flexible alternative to writing custom rules using CodeIt.Right SDK.

Over the next couple of weeks we will be adding a tutorial on how to use and customize T4 templates in CodeIt.Right. Ping us if you want this sooner.

Give it a shot and let us know what you think!

New in CodeIt.Right v1.6:

Known issues

We are releasing the product with one known issue this time for it is very minor.

• Under VS2010 Beta 1 CodeIt.Right rule documentation links, like "More", "Tell me more..." don't work. This feature depends on the Visual Studio offline help module which was not shipped with VS2010 Beta 1. You still can use Rule Help in the Profile Editor. Rule documentation help works fine in VS2008, VS2005 and VS2003.
  

Download

Download version 1.6.09139 here - http://submain.com/download/codeit.right  

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With just a couple of days left this year, I wanted to share with you a great article in the MSDN Magazine Toolbox column this month on Improving Software Quality with Static Code Analysis Tools where MS MVP Scott Mitchell is reviewing Static Analysis Tools For .NET. Scott is comparing FxCop, StyleCop and CodeIt.Right:

While FxCop and StyleCop pinpoint rule violations, the developer is still responsible for implementing these tools' suggestions. CodeIt.Right from SubMain takes static code analysis to the next level by enabling rule violations to be automatically refactored into conforming code.

Like FxCop, CodeIt.Right ships with an extensive set of predefined rules, based on the design guidelines document mentioned earlier, with the ability to add custom rules. But CodeIt.Right makes it much easier to create and use custom rules.

CodeIt.Right's biggest benefit is the automatic code refactoring.

Scott summarizes:

Static code analysis tools provide a fast, automated way to ensure that your source code adheres to predefined design and style guidelines. Following such guidelines helps produce more uniform code and also can point out potential security, performance, interoperability, and globalization shortcomings.

Thank you, Scott!

Visit MSDN Magazine web site for the complete article.

What is your experience with CodeIt.Right, please tell us. And, as always, ask questions!

Happy Holidays!

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Just before the holiday we are releasing new version of CodeIt.Right - build 1.2.08357. Download version 1.2.08357 today!

This release features addition of spell checking engine to CodeIt.Right SDK, workaround for the Out of Memory error on large solutions, 12 new rules and many bugs fixed.

Please share your feedback in the forums especially on the new spell checking rules - we are still working and improving them.

Note: The new spelling rules are included with the built-in profile but they are turned off by default - you will need to turn them on. For all rules you will need to add them into your custom profiles.

This update is free for all users who are current on their Software Assurance and Gold Support Subscription

Major changes in CodeIt.Right v1.2 :

Download build 1.2.08357 here - http://submain.com/download/codeit.right  

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by Serge Baranovsky

The best and the biggest MS developer conference Microsoft PDC 2008 edition is just few days away. We, of course, wouldn't miss the great opportunity to meet and network with potentially 10000 developers.

This year we will be giving away free CodeIt.Right licenses for those who manage to spot me in the crowd and talk to me about your favorite CodeIt.Right feature, what you don't like about the product or help to prioritize the upcoming features. Or talk about what's important to you, what's on you mind, or just a geek talk.

To help you find me I will share that I'm attending Palermo Party Sunday night and hanging around most every party, event, session and between the sessions. You can follow me on Twitter , email me at sergeb@submain.com or call our toll free line 1 (800) 936-2134 and choose extension 3 - "Talk to Serge" (special PDC option :)

If you have never met in person, perhaps picture on my Twitter account - http://twitter.com/sergeb - will help you :)

Looking forward to meeting you all in LA next week!

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New version of CodeIt.Right is out! You can download build 1.1.08262 today.

This is a major release even though we only added ".1" to the version. It includes .NET 3.5 support, Guidelines document template generation, option to analyze single file, enhanced SDK documentation, new rules, new command line version parameters and more. Please share your feedback in the forums.

This update is free for all users who are current on their Software Assurance and Gold Support Subscription

Major changes in CodeIt.Right v1.1 :

Download build 1.1.08262 here - http://submain.com/download/codeit.right  

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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:

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

The 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:

• CodeIt.Right SDK Documentation
• Tutorial: Creating Custom Rules
  
• CodeItRight.Cmd.exe Command Line Options
  

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

cir_1.0.08035_CodeItRight.Cmd_Refresh

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

Mike McIntyre posted great review of CodeIt.Right on DevCity.NET - http://www.devcity.net/Articles/348/CodeIt.Right.Review.aspx - Mike has put CodeIt.Right through a test using 10 of his projects.

Mike summarizes:

I feel CodeIt.Right's features for configurable static code analysis and its ability to automatically correct my code make it well worth the purchase price. It has become and indispensable addition to my developer toolkit.

I highly recommend you give it a try.

Thank you Mike!

What is your experience with CodeIt.Right? Feel free to ask questions, tell us what you think!

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by Serge Baranovsky

CodeIt.Right is back to regular price of $250/user and we also introduced volume license discounts.

For limited time when you purchase CodeIt.Right license we include complementary 1 year of Software Assurance & Gold Support Subscription - more information about the subscription - (regular - only 3 months of Software Assurance only included with additional $100 per year subscription). And, as always, you are covered by our 60-day money-back guarantee.

» Buy CodeIt.Right Now «

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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:

• Download free 30 day Trial
• Read more about CodeIt.Right
• Get familiar with the tool - Quick Start, Introduction to CodeIt.Right Features, ISerializable Pattern - example
• Ask your Questions 
• And don't forget to Purchase CodeIt.Right as you are going to love it!

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)
  
  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

We have updated CodeIt.Right Flash presentations based on the Beta 2 layout - they are covering new features as well - http://submain.com/tutorials

Quick Start - Quick 1 minute CodeIt.Right walk through

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.

Please let us know in the CodeIt.Right Discussion Forum if these are helpful and how you think we can improve the presentations.

Click here to read about CodeIt.Right

(Just a heads up - there is CodeIt.Right update coming up in the next 2 weeks)

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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.

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)
  
  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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