Spending too much time on formatting issues on Code Review?

BTLint is here to save your precious time :)

BTLint: A simple tool that highlights some formatting issues in C# code.

BTLint only covers those issues that are not handled by default formatting tools (Ctrl+K, Ctrl+D) in Visual Studio. BTLint also provides quick fixes to some formatting issues found. (FIX)

List of formatting issues covered:

  • Block
    • Single line block should avoid bracket (FIX)
  • Logical Expression
    • Constant should be on the left (FIX)
    • Should use full parenthization (FIX)
  • Class comments / Method comments
    • Should be there
    • Should have comments for all parameters
    • Should have comment for return (if not null)
    • Should start with ///
    • Should end with .
    • Should not have multiple spaces
    • Should have space after ///
    • Should not correct xml tags (summary, param, return ..)
    • Should not have extra space
    • Should start with capital letter
    • First word (verb) should ends with -s -es
  • Comments inside methods
    • Should not have extra space
    • Should have empty space after each section
    • Should start with //
    • First word (verb) should not end with -s -es
    • First letter should be capital