As a developer strongly interested in programmer productivity and practices, I am always interested in coding standards and cool tools for developers. Most Sitecore developers are aware of JetBrains Resharper for Microsoft Visual Studio. Recently a colleague introduced me to some tools that enforce aspects of Sitecore documentation, syntax, styling, and other standards. It should be possible to customize them as desired. The tools include:

• Microsoft StyleCop.
• StyleCop for Resharper.
• Agent Smith.
• Agent Johnson.

I haven't had a chance to truly explore these tools, and I have little understanding of which features come from Visual Studio, Resharper, StyleCop, StypeCop for Resharper, Agent Smith, or Agent Johnson, but as someone who researches and writes documentation almost full time, I appreciate the suggestions these tools integrate into the development environment. I will try to describe specifics as I encounter them while writing and refactoring code. At the very least, various rules help to keep lines very short, which is great for writing documentation, but should also simplify refactoring.