Coding Style

[Guest]

Is there a software that will scan my code for proper style?
I have seen that software, but I forgot what it is called.

 

[Carl Daniel [VC++ MVP]]

Is there a software that will scan my code for proper style?
I have seen that software, but I forgot what it is called.

FxCop will check .NET code for many style/usage guidelines. If you're
talking about physical style - consistency of indent, and so on, then you're
looking for something else.

-cd

 

[Jim Wooley]

FxCop can do some of that. See http://www.gotdotnet.com/team/fxcop/.

Jim Wooley
http://devauthority.com/blogs/jwooley/default.aspx

 

[Rob R. Ainscough]

Are you serious?

If someone is complaining they can't read/maintain someone else's code
because of "style" under .NET, then tell that someone to find a real job as
they clearly have WAY TOO MUCH time on their hands -- seriously who wants
someone that can't be flexible? Especially with .NET where your code pretty
much flows to a relatively standard implementation of syntax formatting -- I
mean hell, you don't really need to identify the type or scope anymore with
the tooltips on.

But with your signature "I program VB.Net for fun and C# to get paid", I can
see you appear to be a little fixated on the syntax, personally I wouldn't
pay anyone anything with irrelevant statements like that.

 

[Guest]

If your not concerned with style, why don't your write your memos in Chinese,
so I can't have to read them?
I think VB.Net is a little but more helpful to the coder. C# requires a
small amount of extra care to get it right.
No, you don't have to worry about hiring an old fart like me.
--
Arne Garvander
(I program VB.Net for fun and C# to get paid.)

Are you serious?

If someone is complaining they can't read/maintain someone else's code
because of "style" under .NET, then tell that someone to find a real job as
they clearly have WAY TOO MUCH time on their hands -- seriously who wants
someone that can't be flexible? Especially with .NET where your code pretty
much flows to a relatively standard implementation of syntax formatting -- I
mean hell, you don't really need to identify the type or scope anymore with
the tooltips on.

But with your signature "I program VB.Net for fun and C# to get paid", I can
see you appear to be a little fixated on the syntax, personally I wouldn't
pay anyone anything with irrelevant statements like that.

 

[Michael Nemtsev]

Hello Arne,

Besides FxCop, as was recomended, there is a nice tool from parasoft ".Test"
I recomend you to look on it

AG> Is there a software that will scan my code for proper style? I have
AG> seen that software, but I forgot what it is called.
AG>
---
WBR,
Michael Nemtsev :: blog: http://spaces.msn.com/laflour

"At times one remains faithful to a cause only because its opponents do not
cease to be insipid." (c) Friedrich Nietzsch

 

[Daniel Billingsley]

Yes of course style matters, since some style issues are a critical part of
consistency. That's not to say there's a right or wrong style, but many
matters of personal opinion become more dogmatic within the larger goal of
consistency.

 

[Michael Cummings]

Arne,
As several people have already recommended FxCop, I'll add in that if
your looking for formatting style (i.e. Do I put the curly brace at the end
of the statement or on a new line? ) VS.Net 2005 has a decent formatter in
it already. Once you set your options it easy to invoke on a file
(CTRL-E-D), or automate using VS macros. ReSharper from jetbrains takes it a
few steps farther with more options but the same ease of use.

I currently use both tools to keep my repositories clean.