Code Check — C Coding Standard Checker for VS Code

Keep your C code clean, consistent, and maintainable.

Code Check is a Visual Studio Code extension that helps C developers identify coding-standard violations directly in the editor. It helps developers write readable, consistent, and maintainable C code.

✨ Features

• 🔍 Checks C source code for coding-standard violations.
• ⚠️ Reports detected issues directly in the VS Code editor.
• 💡 Helps developers identify code-style problems.
• 🚀 Works directly inside Visual Studio Code.
• 🧹 Encourages clean and consistent C code.

🎬 Demo

See Code Check in action:

🚀 Getting Started

Installation

1. Open Visual Studio Code.
2. Open the Extensions view using Ctrl + Shift + X.
3. Search for Code Check.
4. Install the extension.
5. Open a C source file (.c).

Usage

1. Open a C project or a .c file in VS Code.
2. Write or modify your C code.
3. Let Code Check perform its implemented checking workflow.
4. Review detected coding-standard violations in the editor.
5. Open the Problems panel to inspect reported issues.

The exact checking trigger depends on the extension's implementation.

🧪 Example

Consider this C program with compact formatting:

What can be improved?

• Indentation: Keep the function body consistently indented.
• Spacing: Separate statements to improve readability.
• Structure: Use line breaks to make the code easier to understand.
• Maintainability: Organize code so it is easier to modify.

Note: This is an illustrative example. Whether these specific formatting issues are detected depends on the rules implemented in Code Check.

🖥️ Supported Language

Currently supported:

• C (.c files)

⚙️ Requirements

• Visual Studio Code
• A C source file or C project

🔧 Extension Settings

Code Check does not currently require additional configuration.

Any future settings will be documented here.

⚠️ Known Issues

This extension is currently under development.

If you find a bug or an incorrectly reported violation, please open an issue in the project's repository.

When reporting an issue, include:

• The C code that reproduces the problem.
• The expected behavior.
• The actual behavior.
• Any relevant error messages.

🗺️ Future Improvements

Potential improvements include:

• Additional coding-standard rules.
• More descriptive diagnostic messages.
• Configurable coding-standard profiles.
• Improvements to code analysis.

These are possible future enhancements, not guaranteed features of the current release.

🤝 Contributing

Contributions, suggestions, and bug reports are welcome!

You can help improve Code Check by proposing new rules, reporting incorrect diagnostics, or contributing improvements to the extension.

📦 Release Notes

1.0.0

Initial release.

• Added C coding-standard checking.
• Added diagnostics for detected coding-standard violations.
• Integrated code checking into the VS Code workflow.

📄 License

See the LICENSE file for license information.

Code Check — Write better C, one check at a time.