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Code Metrics

Background

When you deal with very large amount of software code, it can be quite useful to produce various metrics in order to analyse that code.

Recommendation

We recommend a simple yet very useful program called OxyProject Metrics. This tool can load source code from a folder or from a Visual Studio solution or project, and produces various metrics that can be sorted and exported. Available both as a standalone application and as a Visual Studio AddIn, this tool supports the C#, VB.NET, C++, JavaScript and SQL languages.

Another tool worth mentioning is the simple yet useful Universal Code Lines Counter. While it won’t generate a lot of statistics and works one language at a time, it has the nice capability of working on all sub-folders of the folder of your choice, recursively, so you can use it on a collection of solutions and projects.