Roslyn: The Craft of Static Analysis

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Covers using Roslyn and the Visual Studio SDK (VSIX) to build and deliver custom static code analyzers and code fixes for C# projects. Explains when to write your own analyzer, implementation steps (create analyzer, tests, code fixes), integration into CI/CD and pull requests, handling legacy code, versioning/compatibility issues with Roslyn/Visual Studio, and effort estimates and pitfalls. Also shows using Roslyn-based extensions for refactorings, formatting, syntax highlighting and other IDE tooling to improve code quality and speed development.

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1. 0:00Roslyn introduction
2. 5:51First steps with Roslyn
3. 10:28Static analyzer theory
4. 15:50Performance issues
5. 21:32Analyzer integration
6. 27:14Suppressing false positives
7. 32:11CI/CD automation
8. 38:36IDE enhancements
9. 43:11Summary

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