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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
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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