Enhancing Your Open-Source Project with Static Analysis Tools

• Learn2Blog

  3 0 8.2 C#

  A command-line app to convert a text file to HTML

In the world of open-source development, improving the quality and accessibility of your project is of utmost importance. This week, I delved into the realm of static analysis tools to enhance my open-source project, Learn2Blog. In this blog post, I'll share my experiences and the steps I took to make my project more contributor-friendly, maintainable, and error-free.

• format

  19 1,901 9.5 C#

  Home for the dotnet-format command

  

In my project, I incorporated a source code formatter provided by the dotnet framework. I also added .editorconfig file to the root directory of my project. This file defines formatting rules, such as indent style and indent size, ensuring consistency throughout the codebase.

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• StyleCopAnalyzers

  29 2,581 8.7 C#

  An implementation of StyleCop rules using the .NET Compiler Platform

  

I created a StyleCopAnalysers.ruleset file at the root of my project, which contains the ruleset for analysis. The tool not only identifies issues but also attempts to fix them, providing a log of any unresolved problems. In addition to running the analyzer upon build, the dotnet format command also runs any external analyzers that it detects by default as well.

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