https://gabrielmongeon.ca/en/tags/stylecop/Recent content in StyleCop on Gabriel MongeonHugoenMon, 02 Aug 2010 16:45:00 -0400https://gabrielmongeon.ca/en/2010/08/how-to-create-your-stylecop-rules/Mon, 02 Aug 2010 16:45:00 -0400https://gabrielmongeon.ca/en/2010/08/how-to-create-your-stylecop-rules/<p>StyleCop is a free tool from Microsoft that allows you to check the style of your code (or others&rsquo;). Additionally, StyleCop is now available as Open Source (on <a href="http://stylecop.codeplex.com/">Codeplex</a>), so I strongly recommend looking at the default rule implementations to help you create your own.</p> <h3 id="create-your-rules">Create Your Rules</h3> <p>Here are some steps to create your custom StyleCop rules:</p> <ul> <li>Install the latest version of <a href="http://stylecop.codeplex.com/">StyleCop</a></li> <li><a href="http://stylecop.codeplex.com/releases/">Download the SDK</a> of StyleCop (documentation .chm file)</li> <li>Start Visual Studio</li> <li>Create a new project of type “Class Library”</li> <li>Add the following references - Microsoft.StyleCop - Microsoft.StyleCop.CSharp - Microsoft.StyleCop.CSharp.Rules</li> </ul> <p><img src="https://gabrielmongeon.ca/img/StyleCop_SolutionExplorer_thumb.png" alt="StyleCop_SolutionExplorer" title="StyleCop_SolutionExplorer"></p>