‘Design By Contract’ in C#

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C# 4.0 Code Contracts

Microsoft has released a library for design by contract in version 4.0 of the .net framework. One of the coolest features of that library is that it also comes with a static analysis tools (similar to FxCop I guess) that leverages the details of the contracts you place on the code.

Here are some Microsoft resources:

  • The main Microsoft Research site
  • The user manual
  • The 2008 PDC presentation
  • The 2009 PDC presentation

Here are some other resources:

  • Code Contracts for .NET 4.0 – Spec# Comes Alive
  • .NET Code Contracts and TDD Are Complementary
  • Code Contracts Primer – Part 5: Utilizing Object Invariants
  • Code Contracts Primer – Part 6 Interface Contracts

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