StyleCop is a free tool from Microsoft that allows you to check the style of your code (or others’). Additionally, StyleCop is now available as Open Source (on Codeplex), so I strongly recommend looking at the default rule implementations to help you create your own.
Create Your Rules
Here are some steps to create your custom StyleCop rules:
- Install the latest version of StyleCop
- Download the SDK of StyleCop (documentation .chm file)
- Start Visual Studio
- Create a new project of type “Class Library”
- Add the following references - Microsoft.StyleCop - Microsoft.StyleCop.CSharp - Microsoft.StyleCop.CSharp.Rules
