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VB.NET static code analysis

Unique rules to find Bugs, Vulnerabilities, Security Hotspots, and Code Smells in your VB.NET code

Tags

Impact

Clean code attribute

Unnecessary bit operations should not be performed
Code Smell
Public methods should not have multidimensional array parameters
Code Smell
Short-circuit logic should be used in boolean contexts
Code Smell
Parameter names should match base declaration
Code Smell
"Option Explicit" should be enabled
Code Smell
Threads should not lock on objects with weak identity
Code Smell
Assemblies should have version information
Code Smell
Exception types should be "Public"
Code Smell
Cognitive Complexity of methods should not be too high
Code Smell
"IndexOf" checks should not be for positive numbers
Code Smell
Properties should not make collection or array copies
Code Smell
Flags enumerations zero-value members should be named "None"
Code Smell
"Do" loops should not be used without a "While" or "Until" condition
Code Smell
The "&" operator should be used to concatenate strings
Code Smell
Methods should not be empty
Code Smell
Exceptions should not be thrown in finally blocks
Code Smell
"GoTo" statements should not be used
Code Smell
First/Single should be used instead of FirstOrDefault/SingleOrDefault on collections that are known to be non-empty
Code Smell
ASP.NET controller actions should not have a route template starting with "/"
Code Smell
Use a format provider when parsing date and time
Code Smell
Use "TimeZoneInfo.FindSystemTimeZoneById" without converting the timezones with "TimezoneConverter"
Code Smell
Always set the "DateTimeKind" when creating new "DateTime" instances
Code Smell
Avoid using "DateTime.Now" for benchmarking or timing operations
Code Smell
"Option Strict" should be enabled
Code Smell
"Return" statements should be used instead of assigning values to function names
Code Smell
"new Guid()" should not be used
Code Smell
"DebuggerDisplayAttribute" strings should reference existing members
Code Smell
Methods should not have identical implementations
Code Smell
Objects should not be disposed more than once
Code Smell
"[ExpectedException]" should not be used
Code Smell
"Exit" statements should not be used
Code Smell
If operators should not be nested
Code Smell
"StringBuilder" data should be used
Code Smell
Reflection should not be used to increase accessibility of classes, methods, or fields
Code Smell
"Thread.Sleep" should not be used in tests
Code Smell
Boolean expressions should not be gratuitous
Code Smell
Write-only properties should not be used
Code Smell
Exceptions should not be thrown from property getters
Code Smell
"On Error" statements should not be used
Code Smell
"IsNot" should be used instead of "Not ... Is ..."
Code Smell
Indexed properties with more than one parameter should not be used
Code Smell
Arguments should be passed in the same order as the procedure parameters
Code Smell
Classes named like "Exception" should extend "Exception" or a subclass
Code Smell
Invalid casts should be avoided
Code Smell
Two branches in a conditional structure should not have exactly the same implementation
Code Smell
Method parameters should follow a naming convention
Code Smell
Functions and procedures should comply with a naming convention
Code Smell
"Select Case" statement with many "Case" clauses should have only one statement
Code Smell
Unused procedure parameters should be removed
Code Smell
Track uses of "FIXME" tags
Code Smell
"Obsolete" attributes should include explanations
Code Smell
General or reserved exceptions should never be thrown
Code Smell
Redundant pairs of parentheses should be removed
Code Smell
Nested blocks of code should not be left empty
Code Smell
Procedures should not have too many parameters
Code Smell
Mergeable "if" statements should be combined
Code Smell
"Contains" should be used instead of "Any" for simple equality checks
Code Smell
"First" and "Last" properties of "LinkedList" should be used instead of the "First()" and "Last()" extension methods
Code Smell
The lambda parameter should be used instead of capturing arguments in "ConcurrentDictionary" methods
Code Smell
"StartsWith" and "EndsWith" overloads that take a "char" should be used instead of the ones that take a "string"
Code Smell
"Min/Max" properties of "Set" types should be used instead of the "Enumerable" extension methods
Code Smell
Prefer indexing instead of "Enumerable" methods on types implementing "IList"
Code Smell
The collection should be filtered before sorting by using "Where" before "OrderBy"
Code Smell
Use the "UnixEpoch" field instead of creating "DateTime" instances that point to the beginning of the Unix epoch
Code Smell
Comments should not be empty
Code Smell
Null checks should not be combined with "TypeOf Is" operator checks
Code Smell
Method overloads should be grouped together
Code Smell
Arrays should not be created for ParamArray parameters
Code Smell
"Exit Select" statements should not be used redundantly
Code Smell
"catch" clauses should do more than rethrow
Code Smell
"With" statements should be used for a series of calls to the same object
Code Smell
Array literals should be used instead of array creation expressions
Code Smell
Event names should not have "Before" or "After" as a prefix or suffix
Code Smell
Event handlers should comply with a naming convention
Code Smell
Enumeration type names should not have "Flags" or "Enum" suffixes
Code Smell
Enumeration types should comply with a naming convention
Code Smell
Namespace names should comply with a naming convention
Code Smell
Classes should not be empty
Code Smell
Boolean checks should not be inverted
Code Smell
Strings should not be concatenated using "+" or "&" in a loop
Code Smell
Unused local variables should be removed
Code Smell
Array designators "()" should be on the type, not the variable
Code Smell
String literals should not be duplicated
Code Smell
Local variable names should comply with a naming convention
Code Smell
"Any()" should be used to test for emptiness
Code Smell
Interface names should comply with a naming convention
Code Smell
Boolean literals should not be redundant
Code Smell
URIs should not be hardcoded
Code Smell
Class names should comply with a naming convention
Code Smell
Track uses of "TODO" tags
Code Smell
Deprecated code should be removed
Code Smell
Child class fields should not shadow parent class fields
Code Smell
Track lack of copyright and license headers
Code Smell
"End" statements should not be used
Code Smell
Child class fields should not differ from parent class fields only by capitalization
Code Smell
"IIf" should not be used
Code Smell
Signed types should be preferred to unsigned ones
Code Smell
Optional parameters should not be used
Code Smell
Public constant members should not be used
Code Smell
"NameOf" should be used
Code Smell
"Select Case" statements should not be nested
Code Smell
Functions, procedures and properties should not be too complex
Code Smell
Control flow statements "If", "For", "For Each", "Do", "While", "Select" and "Try" should not be nested too deeply
Code Smell
"Select" statements should end with a "Case Else" clause
Code Smell
"If ... ElseIf" constructs should end with "Else" clauses
Code Smell
Expressions should not be too complex
Code Smell
Use "DateTimeOffset" instead of "DateTime"
Code Smell
Use UTC when recording DateTime instants
Code Smell
Use a testable date/time provider
Code Smell
Assemblies should explicitly specify COM visibility
Code Smell
Assemblies should be marked as CLS compliant
Code Smell
Arguments of public methods should be validated against Nothing
Code Smell
Value types should implement "IEquatable<T>"
Code Smell
Fields should be private
Code Smell
Procedures should not have too many lines of code
Code Smell
Statements should be on separate lines
Code Smell
"Select...Case" clauses should not have too many lines of code
Code Smell
Files should not have too many lines of code
Code Smell
Lines should not be too long
Code Smell
Collection-specific "Exists" method should be used instead of the "Any" extension
Code Smell
The collection-specific "TrueForAll" method should be used instead of the "All" extension
Code Smell
"Find" method should be used instead of the "FirstOrDefault" extension
Code Smell
Don't hardcode the format when turning dates and times to strings
Code Smell
"ExcludeFromCodeCoverage" attributes should include a justification
Code Smell
Extension methods should not extend "Object"
Code Smell
Non-abstract attributes should be sealed
Code Smell
"ByVal" should not be used
Code Smell
Arrays should be initialized using the "... = {}" syntax
Code Smell
Generic type parameter names should comply with a naming convention
Code Smell
Non-private "Shared ReadOnly" fields should comply with a naming convention
Code Smell
Non-private fields should comply with a naming convention
Code Smell
Non-private constants should comply with a naming convention
Code Smell
Properties should comply with a naming convention
Code Smell
"Private" fields should comply with a naming convention
Code Smell
"Private Shared ReadOnly" fields should comply with a naming convention
Code Smell
Private constants should comply with a naming convention
Code Smell
Line continuations should not be used
Code Smell
Events should comply with a naming convention
Code Smell
Enumeration values should comply with a naming convention
Code Smell
Multiple variables should not be declared on the same line
Code Smell
Comments should not be located at the end of lines of code
Code Smell
"Select" statements should have at least 3 "Case" clauses
Code Smell
Generic type parameter names should comply with a naming convention
Code Smell
Tabulation characters should not be used
Code Smell

Comments should not be empty

intentionality - clear

maintainability

Code Smell

MinorSonarSource default severity
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Why is this an issue?

Empty comments, as shown in the example, hurt readability and might indicate an oversight.

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Some meaningful text should be added to the comment, or the comment markers should be removed.

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