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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.
Technorati Tags: CodeIt.Right, Coding Guidelines, Naming Conventions, Best Practices, .NET, NET
by Serge Baranovsky
We obtained exclusive distribution rights to the latest version of Steve Sartain's C#/VB .NET Coding Guidelines 100+ page ebook, and are offering free download from our website. From now on we will be maintaining the guidelines along with the author.
Topics covered in C#/VB .NET Coding Guidelines include:
- Naming Guidelines
- Class Member Usage Guidelines
- Guidelines for Exposing Functionality to COM
- Error Raising & Handling Guidelines
- Array Usage Guidelines
- Operator Overloading Usage Guidelines
- Guidelines for Casting Types
- Common Design Patterns
- Callback Function Usage
- Time-Out Usage
- Security in Class Libraries
- Threading Design Guidelines
- Formatting Standards
- Commenting Code
- Code Reviews
- Additional Notes for VB .NET Developers
Here is what Andrew Sutton says about the ebook at vbCity: "Steve Sartain has come up with a very readable document that offers comprehensive guidelines for structuring code writing."
Better hurry up to download this excellent whitepaper on coding guidelines and best practices while supplies last! (Just kidding, our supplies of this electronic downloadable book are unlimited  )
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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 version of CodeIt.Once is out - build 1.2.07116 - includes Vista and 64 bit OS compatibility, setup improvements and bug fixes.
This version is free for current CodeIt.Once users.
Changes in CodeIt.Once version 1.2.07116
- ADDED: Vista and 64 bit OS compatibility
- IMPROVED: Support for automatic VSS file check out
- IMPROVED: Performance loading solution files
- FIXED: Issues with the use of keyword names (e.g. "[class]") in C#
- FIXED: StackOverflowException and other bugs when renaming Namespaces
- FIXED: Parsing code with NamespaceAliases and "::"
- FIXED: Parsing extern aliases in C# 2.0
- FIXED: Parsing delegate anonymous methods in C# 2.0
- FIXED: Number of issues with Rename, Extract Interface, Inline Variable and Remove Parameter refactorings
- ADDED: Setup now copies assemblies to PrivateAssemblies directory
- ADDED: If older version is present setup will uninstall it first
- Other bug fixes
Download link - http://submain.com/download
Technorati Tags: CodeIt.Once, Refactoring, Visual Studio, .NET, NET
by Serge Baranovsky
As promised earlier this month we released PrettyCode.Print for .NET update - build 1.7.07111. This update addresses Vista and 64 bit OS compatibility, complete VB8.0 and C# 2.0 syntax, setup improvements and bug fixes.
This version is free for current PrettyCode.Print for .NET users.
Changes in build 1.7.07111
- ADDED: Vista and 64 bit OS compatibility
- IMPROVED: Complete VB 8.0 and C# 2.0 syntax support
- IMPROVED: Setup detects older version and uninstalls if present
- ADDED: New parameter for PrettyCode.Print.AddInRegistration.exe to recreate VS.NET toolbar and menu commands
- ADDED: Support for operators in VB and resolved number of related bugs
- FIXED: Microsoft.VisualStudio.CommandBars error when installing PrettyCode.Print for VS2005
- Other bug fixes (over 30 in total)
Download at http://submain.com/download
Technorati Tags: PrettyCode.Print, PrettyCode, Visual Studio, .NET, NET
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 just uploaded update for our free VS2005 plug-in SmartOutline - build 1.0.5 - read below for the list of changes.
There is update for CodeIt.Right Beta coming late next week and new version of PrettyCode.Print for .NET will be released late in April.
SmartOutline changes in build 1.0.5:
- FIXED: Drawing issue - http://community.submain.com/forums/thread/168.aspx
- CHANGED: Moved Log file to "<User Documents>\SubMain\SmartOutline for VS2005\"
directory (Vista Compatibility)
- ADDED: Added Properties.xml file to "<User Documents>\SubMain\SmartOutline for
VS2005\Properties\" directory
- ADDED: "GlyphColor" configuration in Properties.xml - color of the glyph in the left editor sidebar (default: brown)
- ADDED: "DrawGlyph" configuration in Properties.xml - enable/disable drawing the glyph (default: true)
- ADDED: "SelectionTimerInterval" configuration in Properties.xml - editor selection polling time interval
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 earned Microsoft Certified Partner status for software we developed - PrettyCode.Print and CodeIt.Once. In addition to this honor, we have confirmed the Microsoft ISV/Software Solutions Competency. The Certified Partner status provides us early insight into Microsoft development and strategies and helps improve our products even further. This will enable us to continue providing innovative tools, exceptional value, and highest level of support to our customers.
To achieve Certified Partner status, SubMain has demonstrated expertise with Microsoft technologies, and met thorough evaluation standards of the Certified Partner program.
Microsoft Partner Program uses references from our customers to privately verify our real-world performance. We would like to thank our customers who completed the customer satisfaction survey as part of this effort. We would also like to say Thank You to all our customers for your support!
by Serge Baranovsky
Released PrettyCode.Print for .NET update - build 1.5.357.
Changes in PrettyCode.Print for .NET build 1.5.357
- ADDED: "View Thumbnails" option in Preview window (turned off by default) - ability to turn thumbnails off resolves the "Out of Memory" issue when printing very large (hundreds or thousands of pages) projects
- IMPROVED: Support for solutions containing web projects (localhost only) when using PrettyCode.Print standalone
- FIXED: Error message closing Preview window while formatting printout
- FIXED: Error message when opening project that includes a non-existing file
- FIXED: Options -> Header and Footer -> Page Border not turning the Page Border off
- FIXED: Microsoft.VisualStudio.CommandBars error when installing PrettyCode.Print for VS2005
- FIXED: Error when closing multiple instances of Visual Studio with PrettyCode.Print Add-In active
- FIXED: Handling ThreadAbortException error
- FIXED: Issue processing #Const in VB.NET
- IMPROVED: Parsing file content with text literals in languages other than English
- Other bug fixes
Build 1.5.357 is available for download here - http://submain.com/download
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by Serge Baranovsky
We released new update for CodeIt.Once - build 1.1.328 - includes the latest bug fixes and moved from Add-In model to mixed Add-In/VSIP(VS SDK) model to address number of issues and provide new features in future build.
Changes in CodeIt.Once build 1.1.328
- IMPROVED: Renaming identifiers into the same name as their type - now allowed with a warning
- FIXED: ItemAdded, ItemRemove and ItemRenamed were not recognized in VS2005 projects
- FIXED: Identifiers declared in public modules (VB.NET) were ignored when renaming
- FIXED: Renaming type with the same name as its namespace
- FIXED: Number of issues renaming members of My.Resource and My.Settings in VB2005
- FIXED: Some namespaces couldn't be renamed
- IMPROVED: Handling source code when project directory renamed or files moved - these are now parsed in a background thread
- Other minor fixes
The build 1.1.328 is available for download here - http://submain.com/download
Technorati Tags: CodeIt.Once, Refactoring, Visual Studio, .NET, NET
by Serge Baranovsky
Mike Gunderloy posted a nice review of CodeIt.Once on Larkware. Mike writes:
"These [refactorings] are all hooked into the user interface though the main menus, the shortcut menus in the code editor, and as appropriate in other spots - for example, you can get to Reorder Parameters from the Object Browser shortcut menu when you have a method selected. One nice thing about CodeIt.Once compared to other refactoring products that I've tried is that the learning curve is very gentle. Every refactoring uses a wizard mode by default, where a step-by-step dialog box walks you through what the refactoring does and helps you make the appropriate choices along the way. For example, the Extract Method wizard offers advice on choosing good method names and reminds you to use Pascal casing on the name, and then provides a user interface to let you name and order parameters. When you're a little more comfortable, you can suppress the introductory screens on the wizards. As a final step, you can opt to dispense with the wizards entirely (on a refactoring by refactoring basis) and operate in expert mode, where invoking a refactoring opens a dialog box that prompts you for just the necessary information."
Thanks for the thorough review, Mike!
Technorati Tags: CodeIt.Once, Refactoring, Visual Studio, .NET, NET
by Serge Baranovsky
Uploaded new version of CodeIt.Once - build 1.0.272 which is primarity bug fixes for C# 2005 code.
Changes in CodeIt.Once build 1.0.272
- FIXED: Minor issues parsing C# code with "global", "true" and "false" operators
- IMPROVED: Renaming methods with generic parameters
- IMPROVED: Parsing anonymous delegates without parameters and renaming operator parameters in C#
- FIXED: Broken tab order in select diaog windows.
- IMPROVED: Processing new C# keywords global, yield, partial, where
The build 1.0.272 is available for download at http://submain.com/download
Technorati Tags: CodeIt.Once, Refactoring, Visual Studio, .NET, NET
by Serge Baranovsky
Uploaded new version of CodeIt.Once - build 1.0.258 which includes general improvements when working with C# 2005 code as well as latest bug fixes.
Changes in CodeIt.Once build 1.0.258
- IMPROVED: Support for unsafe code in Cast expressions, unsafe types that contain fields with return type "void*" in C# 2005
- FIXED: Bug parsing nested Cast statements in C# 2005
- FIXED: Number of issues with generics, inner generics, nullable types and anonymous methods invocation in C# 2005
- FIXED: Non-ascii characters missing in string literals and comments when parsing source code.
The build 1.0.258 is available for download here - http://submain.com/download
Technorati Tags: CodeIt.Once, Refactoring, Visual Studio, .NET, NET
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