Microsoft StyleCop SDK

The Microsoft StyleCop SDK was designed to explain how to create and install custom StyleCop rules, how to integrate custom settings into the StyleCop settings dialog, and how to create a wrapper for hosting StyleCop in a custom build environment.
The Microsoft StyleCop SDK rules are:
- Enforce sort order for using directives. This aligns with the Organize Usings functionality in VS 2008
- Require standard summary text for constructors and destructors
- Require parenthesis in arithmetic and comparison expressions for added clarity
- Require String.Empty rather than “”
- Require explanation message text in debug asserts
- Require justification text in Code Analysis suppressions
- Enforce use of built-in type aliases for int, string, float, etc.
- Require a blank line between elements
- Disallow blank lines at the top or bottom of documentation headers
- Disallow regions within method bodies (enabled by default)
- Disallow the use of regions anywhere within the code (disabled by default)
- Disallow empty static constructors
- Disallow empty unsafe, lock, checked, and unchecked statements
- Disallow unnecessary or empty trycatchfinallySystem requirementsVisual Studio