Monday, 12 August 2013

StyleCop versus FxCopy versus Code Analysis and MSBuild integration

What is the difference between StyleCop and FxCopy? It is described here.

StyleCop and FxCop overlap in functionality. But StyleCop analyses source code whereas FxCop analyses binaries, so StyleCop is able to pick up on source code rules whereas FxCop cannot.  FxCop tends to focus more on design rules and StyleCop is focusing on coding style (casing, white space, indents, etc).

Code Analysis in Visual Studio contains FxCop plus mode (code metrics etc).

StyleCop can be manually added to the project so that it runs as part of MSBuild. However there are issues about it sharing the same custom dictionary as Code Analysis.

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