FxCop

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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 includes a "Code Analysis" feature based on FxCop.

[edit] External links

• FxCop home page
• FxCop blog
• FxCop: Policing Code Correctness - Addison-Wesley