In the era of multi-cloud, edge computing, and heterogeneous hardware (ARM, RISC-V, GPU, TPU, FPGA), software portability has re-emerged as a critical, yet notoriously difficult, non-functional requirement. The legacy "portability analyzer"—typically a static linter or a binary compatibility tool (e.g., checkbashisms, abi-compliance-checker)—is no longer sufficient. This document introduces the New Portability Analyzer (NPA) : an intelligent, predictive, and runtime-aware system that combines static analysis, dynamic instrumentation, dependency graph mining, and AI-driven anomaly detection to quantify and improve software portability across diverse target environments.
Phase 3 (6–12 months):
Visual Studio Integration: It is available as a Visual Studio Extension or as a standalone Console App. The Portability Report portability analyzer new
Piece-by-Piece Routing: You can use the YARP (Yet Another Reverse Proxy) tool to route specific endpoints through the new .NET project. Any functionality not yet migrated is automatically sent back to the original .NET Framework application.
Key Features of the Portability Analyzer IDE plugins, CI integrations (GitHub Actions, GitLab CI),
Run the Analysis: Right-click your solution or project in the Solution Explorer and choose Upgrade.
After (new analyzer):
: This is the primary replacement. It doesn't just analyze; it can automate many of the changes required for an upgrade, including project file conversions and NuGet package updates. Platform Compatibility Analyzer