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Overview

Supported Input for SharePoint Code Analysis

The SharePoint code analysis can analyze the following input:

  • SharePoint solutions (.wsp) for SharePoint 2007/2010/2013/2016/2019
  • SharePoint apps for SharePoint 2013/2016/2019/Online
  • PowerShell Scripts & Modules(PS1, PSD1, PSM1, PSM1,PS1XML)
  • Page and Web Parts created in SharePoint Framework (.sppkg)
  • Web based technology files such as HTML,CSS, Javascript (HTML,HTM,JS,CSS)
  • Zip files (containing supported files)

The code within .wsp and .app files is extracted and the contained files are analyzed by the SharePoint code analyzer. This includes:

  • SharePoint artifacts in XML files, like Features, ContentTypes, ListTemplates
  • Assemblies (.dll)
  • ASP.NET files, like controls (.ascx), pages (.aspx) and master pages (.master)
  • JavaScript code, CSS

Supported SharePoint Project Types

SharePoint developers typically use different tools and templates to create SharePoint projects in Visual Studio.
The add-in for Visual Studio can be used with SharePoint projects which have been created with one of the following tools:

The SPCAF client application supports the analysis of SharePoint .wsp and .app files without having access to the source code.

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