Visual Studio Extension Development | Code Analyzer - A Complete Guide
Isn't it really cool if we could customize the Intellisense/Analyzer rule so that we can add our own analyzer rules and code fixes for the same? Yes, its possible with the help of Visual Studio Extension development toolkit. Lets walk through the steps involved for creating your own code analyzer with code fixes as visual studio extension project and then let us see the analyzer in action. Installing Necessary Toolset for Visual Studio Extension Development First step is to install the necessary tool set from the Visual Studio Installer. For this demo I am using Visual Studio 2022. Launch the Visual Studio Installer from the programs and Select the Visual Studio Extension Development from other Toolsets if not already checked as shown in the figure below and click on Modify Creating New Analyzer Project with Code Fix in Visual Studio Once its successfully installed and updated, Project templates would be available from the Extension. Create a new project with the " Analyze...