C# Code Header Designer

Here i am going to discuss about C# code header designer. while developing the project or product, developer needs to add header to C#/VB code file depending upon the company standards.

To add header, first we will create header for one C# code file and then do the copy and paste of header with small changes for other code files.

it's time consuming process to do the copy and paste for each and every file. Even some of the company not having header so far, but if they want to add header for all projects that they were handled.it would take more time to complete.

To avoid those difficulties and time consumption, msdn developer developed one tool to add headers easily.

Screenshot:



Header Template:

/* ----------------------------------------------------------------
* [COMPANY NAME]
* ----------------------------------------------------------------
* [PRODUCT NAME]
* ----------------------------------------------------------------
* File: [AUTO:FILE]
* Author: [AUTO:AUTHOR]
* ----------------------------------------------------------------
*/



By using, we can created the template for header and configure the values for keys in template.After template is prepared, PRESS GO button to add the header to code files.

C# CODE FILE:

/* ----------------------------------------------------------------
* SPi Technologies
* ----------------------------------------------------------------
* SPiRE
* ----------------------------------------------------------------
* File: Server.cs
* Author: SPIDOM\JAyyanar
* ----------------------------------------------------------------
*/

Click here to download this tool, source code and user guide.

Source Code Analysis for C# - StyleCop

Microsoft released the tool for source code analysis for C#.Currently MS developed this only for C# not for VB. Microsoft using this for their internal purpose also. They have named this as "StyleCop". Earlier, MS released the tool called "FxCop" that analyse the compiled binaries but "StyleCop" analyse the source code. It provides the set of rules for style, documentation ,readability, etc. Currently they have defined around 200 rules. Those rules are not Customizable.But you switch ON/OFF the rules depending on your needs or company standard.

They have covered the following catagory rules:

1. Documentation
2. Layout
3. Maintainability
4. Naming
5. Ordering
6. Readability
7. Spacing

Screenshot of rules in StyleCop:




Screenshot of using this tool in application:



The ultimate goal of the source code analysis tool is allow you to give clean , consistant code with team members and for others who view your code with more readability.


Click here to download the Source Code Analysis Tool

Exception Hunter from Red Gate

Redgate introduced the new tool called Exception Hunter. It hunts the exception in the code.

By using this tool, we can avoid unhandled exception or application crashes at run time. It anaylsis the code that you have written, generates the reports of possible exceptions will occur in the code.

So We can find the unhandle exception easily in the development cycle itself instead in QA cycle.

You can download it here