Essential Visual Studio Plugins... Ghost Doc, TestDriven.NET, Smart Paster and more...

[textile].NET Developer (and friend) "Joe Field":http://joefield.mysite4now.com/blogs/blog/ sent me this link... "Visual Studio Add-Ins Every Developer Should Download Now":http://msdn.microsoft.com/msdnmag/issues/05/12/VisualStudioAddins/default.aspx I already knew about "Test Driven .NET":http://www.testdriven.net/ but what is going to come in handy for me right now is "GhostDoc":http://www.roland-weigelt.de/ghostdoc since I am documenting an API (that Joe and I developed) for a client before I move focus onto another project with a new client.

The goal of GhostDoc is to automate the tedious parts of writing XML comments by looking at the name of your class or method, as well as any parameters, and making an educated guess as to how the documentation should appear based on recommended naming conventions. This is not a replacement for writing thorough documentation of your business rules and providing examples, but it will automate the mindless part of your documentation generation.

Nice!