Practices Checker

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mycodeplexuser — Fri, 11 Apr 2008 20:10:29 GMT

patterns & practices Practices Checker

patterns & practices Practices Checker is a tool that helps you verify your applications against the patterns & practices performance recommendations for ASP.NET applications.
- J.D. Meier, Jason Taylor, Prashant Bansode, Paul Bates, Sean Thompson, Brad Linscott

Usage Scenarios

User Practices Checker to help you perform a manual code inspection by analyzing your application for potential coding and configuration settings that do not adhere to the patterns & practices ASP.NET Performance Checklist.
Extend Practices Checker by allowing additional checklists to be created and checked.
Developers can utilize built in search routines to search intermediate language, static text files and .configuration files for specific code patterns or settings.

NOTE - Practices Checker works for ASP.NET 2.0 and ASP.NET 1.1, but it is optimized against the ASP.NET 1.1 Performance Checklist at http://msdn2.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ms998596.aspx When you use it for ASP.NET 2.0, you may need to filter a bit more noise from the output. For example, Practices Checker may note that you need to tune your threadpool in web.config, but in .NET 2.0 the config file entry is set to autoconfig=true by default, which is a good starting point.

Download

Download Practices Checker http://www.codeplex.com/PracticesChecker/Release/ProjectReleases.aspx?ReleaseId=7147

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patterns & practices Performance Guidance

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mycodeplexuser — Fri, 11 Apr 2008 20:09:38 GMT

patterns & practices Practices Checker

Usage Scenarios

User Practices Checker to help you perform a manual code inspection by analyzing your application for potential coding and configuration settings that do not adhere to the patterns & practices ASP.NET Performance Checklist.
Extend Practices Checker by allowing additional checklists to be created and checked.
Developers can utilize built in search routines to search intermediate language, static text files and .configuration files for specific code patterns or settings.

Download

Download Practices Checker http://www.codeplex.com/PracticesChecker/Release/ProjectReleases.aspx?ReleaseId=7147

Rules Checked

How Tos

Videos

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mycodeplexuser — Fri, 11 Apr 2008 20:09:24 GMT

patterns & practices Practices Checker

Usage Scenarios

User Practices Checker to help you perform a manual code inspection by analyzing your application for potential coding and configuration settings that do not adhere to the patterns & practices ASP.NET Performance Checklist.
Extend Practices Checker by allowing additional checklists to be created and checked.
Developers can utilize built in search routines to search intermediate language, static text files and .configuration files for specific code patterns or settings.

Download

Download Practices Checker http://www.codeplex.com/PracticesChecker/Release/ProjectReleases.aspx?ReleaseId=7147

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mycodeplexuser — Fri, 11 Apr 2008 20:09:06 GMT

patterns & practices Practices Checker

Usage Scenarios

User Practices Checker to help you perform a manual code inspection by analyzing your application for potential coding and configuration settings that do not adhere to the patterns & practices ASP.NET Performance Checklist.
Extend Practices Checker by allowing additional checklists to be created and checked.
Developers can utilize built in search routines to search intermediate language, static text files and .configuration files for specific code patterns or settings.

Download

Download Practices Checker http://www.codeplex.com/PracticesChecker/Release/ProjectReleases.aspx?ReleaseId=7147

Rules Checked

How Tos

Videos

Additional Information

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mycodeplexuser — Wed, 19 Sep 2007 03:12:47 GMT

patterns & practices Practices Checker

Usage Scenarios

User Practices Checker to help you perform a manual code inspection by analyzing your application for potential coding and configuration settings that do not adhere to the patterns & practices ASP.NET Performance Checklist.
Extend Practices Checker by allowing additional checklists to be created and checked.
Developers can utilize built in search routines to search intermediate language, static text files and .configuration files for specific code patterns or settings.

Download

Download Practices Checker http://www.codeplex.com/PracticesChecker/Release/ProjectReleases.aspx?ReleaseId=7147

Rules Checked

How Tos

Videos

Additional Information

patterns & practices Performance Guidance http://msdn2.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ms998530.aspx

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mycodeplexuser — Wed, 19 Sep 2007 03:12:01 GMT

patterns & practices Practices Checker

Usage Scenarios

User Practices Checker to help you perform a manual code inspection by analyzing your application for potential coding and configuration settings that do not adhere to the patterns & practices ASP.NET Performance Checklist.
Extend Practices Checker by allowing additional checklists to be created and checked.
Developers can utilize built in search routines to search intermediate language, static text files and .configuration files for specific code patterns or settings.

Download

Download Practices Checker http://www.codeplex.com/PracticesChecker/Release/ProjectReleases.aspx?ReleaseId=7147

Rules Checked

How Tos

Videos

Additional Information

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mycodeplexuser — Wed, 19 Sep 2007 03:11:25 GMT

patterns & practices Practices Checker

patterns & practices Practices Checker is a tool that helps you verify your applications against the patterns & practices performance recommendations for ASP.NET applications.

- J.D. Meier, Jason Taylor, Prashant Bansode, Paul Bates, Sean Thompson, Brad Linscott

Usage Scenarios

User Practices Checker to help you perform a manual code inspection by analyzing your application for potential coding and configuration settings that do not adhere to the patterns & practices ASP.NET Performance Checklist.
Extend Practices Checker by allowing additional checklists to be created and checked.
Developers can utilize built in search routines to search intermediate language, static text files and .configuration files for specific code patterns or settings.

Download

Download Practices Checker http://www.codeplex.com/PracticesChecker/Release/ProjectReleases.aspx?ReleaseId=7147

Rules Checked

How Tos

Videos

Additional Information

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mycodeplexuser — Wed, 19 Sep 2007 03:10:33 GMT

patterns & practices Practices Checker

patterns & practices Practices Checker is a tool that helps you verify your applications against the patterns & practices performance recommendations for ASP.NET applications.

- J.D. Meier, Jason Taylor, Prashant Bansode, Paul Bates, Sean Thompson, Brad Linscott

Usage Scenarios

User Practices Checker to help you perform a manual code inspection by analyzing your application for potential coding and configuration settings that do not adhere to the patterns & practices ASP.NET Performance Checklist.
Extend Practices Checker by allowing additional checklists to be created and checked.
Developers can utilize built in search routines to search intermediate language, static text files and .configuration files for specific code patterns or settings.

Download

Download Practices Checker [url:]

Rules Checked

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Videos

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UPDATED WIKI: How to Analyze the Results from Practices Checker

mycodeplexuser — Tue, 18 Sep 2007 20:29:06 GMT

How to Analyze the Results from Practices Checker

Summary of Steps

Step 1. Get results for a Project
Step 2. Analyze the results

Step 1. Get results for a Project

Perform all the steps outlined in the "How to use Practices Checker for .NET Framework 1.1 for analyzing project":HowToUsePC how to and get the results for sample project included with the tool at \\Practices Checker for .NET Framework 1.1\Sample

Step 2. Analyze the results

The findings or search results are under the '''Comments''' section for each checklist item. We will walkthrough a few of the violated checklist rules, to understand how the result information is to be used.

Evaluate Affinity - Session State Server Affinity - Has following comment
False
This indicates that nothing was found because this check reads a .config setting and the .config setting is not present.

Avoid Unnecessary Exceptions - Has following comments

 File: C:\Program Files\Microsoft\Practices Checker for .NET Framework 1.1\Sample\WebForm1.aspx.cs
 Number of try keywords:  2
 The total 'try' count:  2

This indicates that only 2 “try” constructs were found in the WebForm1.aspx.cs file. However, if the count was higher it could indicate a potential concern to the developer.

Server.Transfer - Has following comments

 Response.Redirect("http://localhost");
 C:\Program Files\Microsoft\Practices Checker for .NET Framework 1.1\Sample\WebForm1.aspx.cs : 117
 Response.Redirect("http://localhost", false);
 C:\Program Files\Microsoft\Practices Checker for .NET Framework 1.1\Sample\WebForm1.aspx.cs : 118
 Response.Redirect("http://localhost", true);
 C:\Program Files\Microsoft\Practices Checker for .NET Framework 1.1\Sample\WebForm1.aspx.cs : 119
 It appears the code does use Response.Redirect.  Be sure to use Server.Transfer instead of
 Response.Redirect to improve performance where appropriate.

This comment pinpoints code where Response.Redirect is being used and might be able to use Server.Transfer instead which can potentially improve performance.

Explicitly Call Dispose or Close on Resources You Open - Has following comments

 Module: PracticeCheckerSample.dll
 Method: PracticeCheckerSample.Global.InitializeComponent
 Assignment: this.components := new System.ComponentModel.Container()
 Source: C:\Test\PracticeCheckerSample\Global.asax.cs
 Line: 71
  --------------------------------------------------
  ....
  --------------------------------------------------
  Module: PracticeCheckerSample.dll
  Method: PracticeCheckerSample.WebForm1.Button1_Click(System.Object,System.EventArgs)
  Assignment: oSelCmd := new System.Data.SqlClient.SqlCommand(sSQL, oCn)
  Source: C:\Test\PracticeCheckerSample\WebForm1.aspx.cs
  Line: 105
  --------------------------------------------------

The output indicates that on line 71 of Global.asax.cs that a System.ComponentModel.Container is created but the object’s dispose method is never called which could adversely affect performance.
Similar other instances are pointed out where Dispose has not been called.

Look through all the remaining descriptions of violated checklist items '''Comments''' section for other potential performance issues found in the ASP.NET C# code sample.

UPDATED WIKI: How to use Practices Checker for analyzing projects

mycodeplexuser — Tue, 18 Sep 2007 20:28:52 GMT

How to use Practices Checker for analyzing project

Summary of Steps

Step 1. Run the tool
Step 2. Open the project
Step 3. Analyze the project
Step 4. Save the results

Step 1. Run the tool

Once you have installed Practices Checker for .NET 1.1 do the following

Go to '''Start''' Menu.
Select '''All Program''' option
Select '''Practices Checker''', this will load the tool.

Step 2. Open the project

For loading a project to be analyzed do the following

On the main form of Practices Checker for .NET Framework 1.1 click the browse button ('''...''')
In the '''Browse For Folder''' dialog, select a solution directory of a project to be analyzed or for test purposes select the sample project at ..\\Practices Checker for .NET Framework 1.1\Sample
Click '''Ok''' button on '''Browse For Folder''' dialog box

Step 3. Analyze the project

Once the project has been open which needs to be analyzed do the following

Uncheck all the rules in the '''Checklists''' pane that you don't wish to run against the project.
On the main form of Practices Checker for .NET Framework 1.1 click the '''Analyze''' button or optionally select '''Analyze Solution''' under '''Actions''' menu.
You can monitor the progress on the status bar, once the analysis is done '''Analysis Complete''' message box is displayed.
Click the '''Ok''' button to close the '''Analysis Complete''' dialog

Step 4. Save the results

For saving the results of the code analysis do the following

On the main form of Practices Checker for .NET Framework 1.1 click the '''Save Results...''' button or optionally select '''Save Results...''' under '''File Menu'''.
In the '''Save Practices Checker Output''' select the location where you want to save the results, enter file name as "test" and click '''Save''' button.
The results will be saved in a file called '''test.rtf'''

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mycodeplexuser — Tue, 18 Sep 2007 20:27:11 GMT

patterns & practices Practices Checker

patterns & practices Practices Checker is a tool that helps you verify your applications against the patterns & practices performance recommendations for ASP.NET applications.

- J.D. Meier, Jason Taylor, Prashant Bansode, Paul Bates, Sean Thompson, Brad Linscott

Usage Scenarios

User Practices Checker to help you perform a manual code inspection by analyzing your application for potential coding and configuration settings that do not adhere to the patterns & practices ASP.NET Performance Checklist.
Extend Practices Checker by allowing additional checklists to be created and checked.
Developers can utilize built in search routines to search intermediate language, static text files and .configuration files for specific code patterns or settings.

Rules Checked

How Tos

Videos

Additional Information

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mycodeplexuser — Tue, 18 Sep 2007 20:26:09 GMT

patterns & practices Practices Checker

patterns & practices Practices Checker is a tool that helps you verify your applications against the patterns & practices performance recommendations for ASP.NET applications.

- J.D. Meier, Jason Taylor, Prashant Bansode, Paul Bates, Sean Thompson

Usage Scenarios

User Practices Checker to help you perform a manual code inspection by analyzing your application for potential coding and configuration settings that do not adhere to the patterns & practices ASP.NET Performance Checklist.
Extend Practices Checker by allowing additional checklists to be created and checked.
Developers can utilize built in search routines to search intermediate language, static text files and .configuration files for specific code patterns or settings.

Rules Checked

How Tos

Videos

Additional Information

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mycodeplexuser — Tue, 18 Sep 2007 19:57:54 GMT

patterns & practices Practices Checker

patterns & practices Practices Checker is a tool that helps you verify your applications against the patterns & practices performance recommendations for ASP.NET applications.

- J.D. Meier, Jason Taylor, Prashant Bansode, Paul Bates, Sean Thompson

Usage Scenarios

User Practices Checker to help you perform a manual code inspection by analyzing your application for potential coding and configuration settings that do not adhere to the patterns & practices ASP.NET Performance Checklist.
Extend Practices Checker by allowing additional checklists to be created and checked.
Developers can utilize built in search routines to search intermediate language, static text files and .configuration files for specific code patterns or settings.

Rules Checked

How Tos

Videos

Additional Information

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mycodeplexuser — Tue, 18 Sep 2007 19:57:09 GMT

patterns & practices Practices Checker

patterns & practices Practices Checker is a tool that helps you verify your applications against the patterns & practices performance recommendations for ASP.NET applications.

- J.D. Meier, Jason Taylor, Prashant Bansode, Paul Bates, Sean Thompson

Usage Scenarios

Helps you perform a manual code inspection by analyzing your application for potential coding and configuration settings that do not adhere to the patterns & practices ASP.NET Performance Checklist.
Extend Practices Checker by allowing additional checklists to be created and checked.
Developers can utilized built in search routines to search intermediate language, static text files and .configuration files for specific code patterns or settings.

Rules Checked

How Tos

Videos

Additional Information

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mycodeplexuser — Tue, 18 Sep 2007 19:56:42 GMT

patterns & practices Practices Checker

patterns & practices Practices Checker is a tool that helps you verify your applications against the patterns & practices performance recommendations for ASP.NET applications.

- J.D. Meier, Jason Taylor, Prashant Bansode, Paul Bates, Sean Thompson

Usage Scenarios

Helps you perform a manual code inspection by analyzing your application for potential coding and configuration settings that do not adhere to the patterns & practices ASP.NET Performance Checklist.
Extend Practices Checker by allowing additional checklists to be created and checked.
Developers can utilized built in search routines to search intermediate language, static text files and .configuration files for specific code patterns or settings.

Rules Checked

How Tos

Videos

Additional Information

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mycodeplexuser — Tue, 18 Sep 2007 19:54:29 GMT

patterns & practices Practices Checker

patterns & practices Practices Checker is a tool that helps you verify your applications against the patterns & practices performance recommendations for ASP.NET applications.

- J.D. Meier, Jason Taylor, Prashant Bansode, Paul Bates, Sean Thompson

Usage Scenarios

Helps you perform a manual code inspection by analyzing your application for potential coding and configuration settings that do not adhere to the patterns & practices ASP.NET Performance Checklist.
Extend Practices Checker by allowing additional checklists to be created and checked.
Developers can utilized built in search routines to search intermediate language, static text files and .configuration files for specific code patterns or settings.

NOTE - Practices Checker is optimized against the ASP.NET 1.1 Performance Checklist at http://msdn2.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ms998596.aspx When customers use it for ASP.NET 2.0, they filter a bit more noise.

Rules Checked

How Tos

Videos

Additional Information

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mycodeplexuser — Tue, 18 Sep 2007 19:53:29 GMT

patterns & practices Practices Checker

patterns & practices Practices Checker is a tool that helps you verify your applications against the patterns & practices performance recommendations for ASP.NET applications.

- J.D. Meier, Jason Taylor, Prashant Bansode, Paul Bates, Sean Thompson

Usage Scenarios

Helps you perform a manual code inspection by analyzing your application for potential coding and configuration settings that do not adhere to the patterns & practices ASP.NET Performance Checklist.
Extend Practices Checker by allowing additional checklists to be created and checked.
Developers can utilized built in search routines to search intermediate language, static text files and .configuration files for specific code patterns or settings.

NOTE - Practices Checker is optimized against the ASP.NET 1.1 Performance Checklist at http://msdn2.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ms998596.aspx When customers use it for ASP.NET 2.0, they filter a bit more noise.

Rules Checked

How Tos

Videos

Additional Information

CREATED RELEASE: Practices Checker (Sep 18, 2007)

Tue, 18 Sep 2007 19:50:33 GMT

Practices Checker version 1.0.

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jtaylorsi — Tue, 18 Sep 2007 19:47:07 GMT

patterns & practices Practices Checker

patterns & practices Practices Checker is a tool that helps you verify your applications against the patterns & practices performance recommendations for ASP.NET applications.

- J.D. Meier, Jason Taylor, Prashant Bansode, Paul Bates, Sean Thompson

Usage Scenarios

Helps you perform a manual code inspection by analyzing your application for potential coding and configuration settings that do not adhere to the patterns & practices ASP.NET Performance Checklist.
Extend Practices Checker by allowing additional checklists to be created and checked.
Developers can utilized built in search routines to search intermediate language, static text files and .configuration files for specific code patterns or settings.

Rules Checked

How Tos

Videos

Additional Information

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mycodeplexuser — Tue, 18 Sep 2007 19:41:52 GMT

patterns & practices Practices Checker

patterns & practices Practices Checker is a tool that helps you verify your applications against the patterns & practices performance recommendations for ASP.NET applications.

- J.D. Meier, Jason Taylor, Prashant Bansode, Paul Bates, Sean Thompson

Usage Scenarios

Helps you perform a manual code inspection by analyzing your application for potential coding and configuration settings that do not adhere to the patterns & practices ASP.NET Performance Checklist.
Extend Practices Checker by allowing additional checklists to be created and checked.
Developers can utilized built in search routines to search intermediate language, static text files and .configuration files for specific code patterns or settings.