Monitor .NET Code Quality with FxCop and Custom Rules
You no longer have to rely solely on experience and code reviews to find code problems; FxCop can find many problems for you. It even lets you create and enforce custom rules that apply specifically to your organization's code.
by Joydip Kanjilal
August 25, 2006
XCop is a free code analysis tool (open source) from Microsoft that analyzes managed .NET assemblies. .NET assemblies contain metadata entries that describe the assembly and all its contained types. FXCop works by reading the assembly metadata and checking it for compliance against built-in and custom rules that describe recommended coding standards and practices.
After analyzing the assemblies, FxCop reports any rules violations in the areas of localization, performance, and security. It checks code against a set of rules and messages stored in an embedded xml file, displaying appropriate messages at runtime when rules violations occur. You can extend the built-in rules with custom rules that you create. This article discusses how to use FxCop, and how to create and apply such custom rules.
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XCop is a free code analysis tool (open source) from Microsoft that analyzes managed .NET assemblies. .NET assemblies contain metadata entries that describe the assembly and all its contained types. FXCop works by reading the assembly metadata and checking it for compliance against built-in and custom rules that describe recommended coding standards and practices.
