Like a bolt from the sky, forces have converged to alert me of sebtags incompatibility with ColdFusion 8.0.1. As CodeCop runs on sebtags, that meant that CodeCop wouldn't work on ColdFusion 8.0.1 either.

Fortunately, the problem was easy to fix. While I was at it, I wrapped up a few other small bug fixes and enhancements for sebtags and put it all together as sebtags 1.0 RC2.

I also updated CodeCop to use the newest version of the custom tags, giving it a version of 1.0.1.2.

So, everything should run now on ColdFusion 8.0.1.

Sorry for any trouble.

I recently updated CodeCop to fix a bug reported by Todd Mathews. If you are running CodeCop in the CF Admin of ColdFusion 8 and you don't want to use the Derby database, then upgrade to this version.

The only file that has been changed is the Application.cfm in the root of CodeCop.

CodeCop is open source and free for any use.

It has been nearly a year since I released CodeCop 1.0 and I have to admit that I haven't worked on it much since. This new release is primarily to integrate better into the ColdFusion 8 administrator. When installed in the ColdFusion 8 administrator, it will match the styling of that administrator.

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Several month ago (back in June, 2006), Ray Camden held an Advanced ColdFusion Coding Contest. The idea was an extensible tool to check ColdFusion code for potential issues.

This sounded pretty fun, so I created an entry (which took much longer than I anticipated). I am pretty happy with the results. Ray liked it as well.

CodeCop will check your code and report problems. The fun part is that, although it comes with some example rules, you can create any rules that you want right in the tool. You can also share packages of rules with others.

It will run in CF6 or better on any OS using any database supported by DataMgr (and if DataMgr doesn't support the database you want, you can add support for that database to DataMgr and then use CodeCop on it).

You can run it from within the ColdFusion Administrator (and thereby gain some functionality) or on its own.

Note that, as CodeCop allows you to read any code on your server and run ColdFusion code that you enter into the tool, it should never be placed where anyone can use it.

CodeCop is free and open source.

You can view screenshots and download CodeCop from RIAForge.

PS - Thanks for the great idea, Ray! 

CodeCop has reached release candidate stage. I am still not thrilled with my installation code, but it works pretty well. It also makes for a good example of using several of my components (including layout components and DataMgr).

CodeCop will check your code and report possible problems. The rules that it uses to determine possible problems are completely configurable from within CodeCop itself. You can also share rules packages with other developers (I am hoping to set up a place to facilitate this sharing on my site soon). 

If you have a suggestion for keeping the installation as clean and user-friendly as it is, but make the code cleaner, I would be interesting in hearing it (look in install.txt to see the installation instructions).

CodeCop uses the DataMgr 2.0 (which is still in Beta - hoping to get that into release candidate stage before the end of the year) as well as layout components.

I hope to have a full entry on using layout components out later this week (was hoping to include that in this entry, but running out of time). 

I uploaded a new build of CodeCop to my site this weekend. It fixes some bugs that have ben reported and adds a few new features as well.
I have improved the installation instructions a little bit per Ray's advice. I still need to separate the installation files. Given that this program basically provides that keys to the castle for anyone with access, the security implications of that aren't a major concern on this program. Even so, I plan to address it.
To reiterate about security for the program. Anyone that has access to it, has complete access to your system. Guard access to this program fiercely.
CodeCop will check your code for potential issues using rules which are completely configurable. You can arrange the rules into packages which you can share (via an XML file) with other developers who can import them into their copy of CodeCop.
It will install itself on any database supported by DataMgr (currently Access, MS SQL, MySQL, PostGreSQL). It will run in the ColdFusion Administrator or on its own in CFMX 6.1 and above.
One new feature in this build is that CodeCop will introspect any CFC that it reads and provide documentation for it, including the ability to link directly to the code for any method.
Read Ray Camden's review of CodeCop (as an entry in his Advanced ColdFusion Contest).
Download CodeCop