FxCop

FxCop is a free static code analysis tool from Microsoft that checks .NET managed code assemblies for conformance to Microsoft's .NET Framework Design Guidelines. Unlike the Lint programming tool for the C programming language, FxCop analyzes the compiled object code, not the original source code. It uses MSIL parsing, and callgraph analysis to inspect assemblies for more than 200 defects in the following areas:

* Correctness
* Library design
* Localization
* Naming conventions
* Performance
* Security

FxCop includes both GUI and command line versions of the tool. Microsoft Visual Studio 2005 and Visual Studio 2008 Team System Development Editions both include a "Code Analysis" feature based on FxCop.

Overview

FxCop provides a tool to help developers to follow their company's coding standards. FxCop does code analysis to check whether the new code is compliant with the coding standards, naming conventions followed by the company. FxCop will ensure that the specified rules are used in the coding or not.

ee also

* StyleCop

External links

* [http://code.msdn.microsoft.com/codeanalysis Code Analysis tools (including FxCop)]
* [http://msdn2.microsoft.com/en-us/library/bb429476.aspx FxCop home page]
* [http://blogs.msdn.com/fxcop/ FxCop blog]
* [http://www.informit.com/articles/article.aspx?p=170717 FxCop: Policing Code Correctness] - Addison-Wesley
* [http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyID=9aeaa970-f281-4fb0-aba1-d59d7ed09772&DisplayLang=en FxCop v1.36 from Microsoft]