Detecting duplicate code
Copy and paste development is generally regarded as a bad practice, because bug fixes or enhancements in one area of code have to be repeated in all the other copies of the same code. Not only is this time consuming and tedious, but in large code bases, it's very easy to miss a change, leading to bugs and lower overall quality.
Frequently, code duplication can be unavoidable, especially on larger projects with multiple contributors. Not to mention that using an unfamiliar code base can make it easy to unintentionally write duplicate code. With Visual Studio, Microsoft has provided a way to detect these duplicates so that you can take remedial action to clean it up. Let's see how this is done.
Getting ready
You will need Visual Studio Enterprise 2015 for this recipe. Start it up, and you're ready to go.
Tip
Visual Studio 2013 Premium and Ultimate also support this feature.
How to do it…
- Create a new Class Library project under Visual C#, and name the...
