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What is FxCop?

FxCop is a free code analysis tool developed by Microsoft, use to analyze MSIL (Microsoft Intermediate Language) generated from any managed language (including C# and VB.NET).

FxCop is a standalone .NET 2.0 application, downloadable from the locations referenced below. A modified version of the FxCop codebase is integrated into Microsoft Visual Studio 2005 and 2008. While the rulebase for each is mostly the same, there are notable differences between the two (see the Rules comparison spreadsheet below), and the compiled format for custom rules is different; thus, one cannot generally develop custom rules that can be used natively in both contexts.

Resources

Tool, Documentation and Community

Custom Rules and other third-party Enhancements

Similar Tools for .NET code analysis

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  • Agent Johnson Plugin - "Plugin for JetBrains ReSharper", performing limited code analysis, refactoring and fixups on C# code.
  • Smokey (Google Code) - tool similar to FxCop for analysing managed code; has 220 separate rules.
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