One of my favorite features in VS2015 is the Roslyn based live static code analyzers   Interactive IDE feedback on my code gives me  ‘opportunities for improvement’ to my code.  Think FxCop++ without having to build your project.  I like to say “in your face” developer education.  See “bad things” and fix them before some other developer makes fun of you!   For those not familiar with Roslyn Analyzers I will suggest you view Falafel’s blog post on the topic at https://blog.falafel.com/live-code-analysis-day-20-visual-studio-2015/ .  He gives a great overview with examples of the toolset inside VS2015.

Well now VS2017 RC3 is out on the wire.  I setup an Azure VM and install VS2017R3 into it.  Futzing around, I noticed working with VS2017RC3 that there were a number of new analyzers.  I attempted to find a comprehensive list of analyzers added to or removed from the stock set that VS ships with.  Unable to find a list of deltas, I manually perused the “all rules” list, and noted the following changes below.  I share them with you for reference.

**** Warning – This is a very unscientific and manual analysis and may change from time to time ****

If you find any omissions or extra additions, please let me know!

Microsoft.CodeAnalysis.CSharp
[-] CS0028 Method has the wrong signature to be an entry point
[-] CS0402 An entry point cannot be generic or in a generic type
[-] CS7022 The entry point of the program is global script code
[+] CS8123 The tuple element name is ignored because a different name is specified by the assignment target

Microsoft.CodeAnalysis.CSharp.EditorFeatures
[+] IDE0007 Use implicit type
[+] IDE0008 Use explicit type
[+] IDE0009 Member access should be qualified
[+] IDE0011 Add braces
[+] IDE0012 Simplify Names
[+] IDE0013 Simplify Names
[+] IDE0014 Use framework type
[+] IDE0015 Use framework type
[+] IDE0016 Use ‘throw’ expression
[+] IDE0017 Simplify object initialization
[+] IDE0018 Inline variable declaration
[+] IDE0019 Use pattern matching
[+] IDE0020 Use pattern matching
[+] IDE0021 Use expression body for methods
[+] IDE0022 Use expression body for operators
[+] IDE0023 Use expression body for operators
[+] IDE0024 Use expression body for properties
[+] IDE0025 Use expression body for indexers
[+] IDE0026 Use expression body for accessors
[+] IDE0027 Simplify colection initialization
[+] IDE0028 Use coalesce expression
[+] IDE0029 Use coalesce expression
[+] IDE0030 Use null propogation
[+] IDE1005 Delegate invocation can be simplified
[+] IDE1006 Naming Styles

Microsoft.CodeAnalysis.Features
[+] IDE0010 Add missing cases
[+] IDE0032 Use explicity provided tuple name

Microsoft.Rules.Managed
[-] CA2123 Override link demands should be identical to base
[-] CA2130: Security critical constants should be transparent
[-] CA2131: Security critical types may not participate in type equivalence
[-] CA2132: Default constructors must be at least as critical as base type default constructors
[-] CA2133: Delegates must bind to methods with consistent transparency
[-] CA2134: Methods must keep consistent transparency when overriding base methods
[-] CA2135: Level 2 assemblies should not contain LinkDemands
[-] CA2136: Members should not have conflicting transparency annotations
[-] CA2137: Transparent methods must contain only verifiable IL
[-] CA2138: Transparent methods must not call methods with the SuppressUnmanagedCodeSecurity attribute
[-] CA2139: Transparent methods may not use the HandleProcessCorruptingExceptions attribute
[-] CA2140: Transparent code must not reference security critical items
[-] CA2141:Transparent methods must not satisfy LinkDemands
[-] CA2142: Transparent code should not be protected with LinkDemands
[-] CA2143: Transparent methods should not use security demands
[-] CA2144: Transparent code should not load assemblies from byte arrays
[-] CA2145: Transparent methods should not be decorated with the SuppressUnmanagedCodeSecurityAttribute
[-] CA2146: Types must be at least as critical as their base types and interfaces
[-] CA2147: Transparent methods may not use security asserts
[-] CA2149: Transparent methods must not call into native code
[-] CA2151: Fields with critical types should be security critical.
[-] CA5122: P/Invoke declarations should not be safe-critical

Microsoft.VisualStudio.Azure.Fabric.DiagnosticAnalyzers
[+] SF1001 The name of a service type has not been consistently applied in all places
[+] SF1002 Assembly name and serviceentry point are inconsistent across project and manifest

Enjoy!