January 12, 2012
If you decided long ago that you weren’t going to bother trying Code Contracts because you didn’t have Visual Studio Premium edition or higher and thus couldn’t take advantage of static checking, then your wait is finally over.
Code Contracts 1.4.41228.0 was recently released, along with some great news: The Code Contracts static checker is now available for all editions of Visual Studio (excluding Express).
On a sad note, it seems as though Code Contracts will remain in DevLabs through the next Visual Studio cycle.
But to end on a brighter note, apparently the team is still trying to make it an official product.
From the forum announcements section:
We are trying to make the case for Code Contracts to be included in Visual Studio as an official product. Please send us your feedback as soon as possible, especially if you have any details about how exactly it has helped your development process.
So start using it and send them all of your success stories!
Here are some links to get you started:
Editor Extensions (Optional)
http://visualstudiogallery.msdn.microsoft.com/85f0aa38-a8a8-4811-8b86-e7f0b8d8c71b/
Portal
http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/devlabs/dd491992.aspx
Research Site
http://research.microsoft.com/en-us/projects/contracts/
Release Notes
http://research.microsoft.com/en-us/projects/contracts/releasenotes.aspx
Forum
http://social.msdn.microsoft.com/Forums/en-US/codecontracts/threads