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Table of Contents

1. Introduction.......................................................................................................................................... 1

2. Style Guidelines.................................................................................................................................... 2

2.1 Tabs & Indenting................................................................................................................................ 2

2.2 Bracing............................................................................................................................................... 2

2.3 Commenting........................................................................................................................................ 2

2.3.1 Documentation Comments............................................................................................................. 2

2.3.2 Comment Style............................................................................................................................. 3

2.4 Spacing............................................................................................................................................... 3

2.5 Naming............................................................................................................................................... 4

2.6 Naming Conventions............................................................................................................................ 4

2.6.1 Interop Classes............................................................................................................................. 4

2.7 File Organization................................................................................................................................. 5

 

1. Introduction

First, read the .NET Framework Design Guidelines. Almost all naming conventions, casing rules, etc., are spelled out in this document. Unlike the Design Guidelines document, you should treat this document as a set of suggested guidelines.  These generally do not effect the customer view so they are not required.   

2. Style Guidelines

2.1 Tabs & Indenting

Tab characters (\0x09) should not be used in code. All indentation should be done with 4 space characters.

2.2 Bracing

Open braces should always be at the beginning of the line after the statement that begins the block. Contents of the brace should be indented by 4 spaces. For example:

if (someExpression)
{
   DoSomething();
}
else
{
   DoSomethingElse();
}

“case” statements should be indented from the switch statement like this:

switch (someExpression)
{

   case 0:
      DoSomething();
      break;

   case 1:
      DoSomethingElse();
      break;

   case 2:
      {
         int n = 1;
         DoAnotherThing(n);
      }
      break;
}

Braces should never be considered optional. Even for single statement blocks, you should always use braces. This increases code readability and maintainability.

for (int i=0; i<100; i++) { DoSomething(i); }

2.3 Single line statements

Single line statements can have braces that begin and end on the same line.

public class Foo
{
int bar;

   public int Bar
{
get { return bar; }
set { bar = value; }
}

}

It is suggested that all control structures (if, while, for, etc.) use braces, but it is not required.

2.4 Commenting

Comments should be used to describe intention, algorithmic overview, and/or logical flow.  It would be ideal, if from reading the comments alone, someone other than the author could understand a function’s intended behavior and general operation. While there are no minimum comment requirements and certainly some very small routines need no commenting at all, it is hoped that most routines will have comments reflecting the programmer’s intent and approach.

Each file should start with a copyright notice. To avoid errors in doc comment builds, you don’t want to use triple-slash doc comments, but using XML makes the comments easy to replace in the future. Final text will vary by product (you should contact legal for the exact text), but should be similar to:

//-----------------------------------------------------------------------
// <copyright file="ContainerControl.cs" company="Microsoft">
// Copyright (c) Microsoft Corporation. All rights reserved.
// </copyright>
//-----------------------------------------------------------------------

2.4.2 Documentation Comments

All methods should use XML doc comments. For internal dev comments, the <devdoc> tag should be used.

public class Foo
{

/// <summary>Public stuff about the method</summary>
/// <param name=”bar”>What a neat parameter!</param>
/// <devdoc>Cool internal stuff!</devdoc>
///
public void MyMethod(int bar) { … }

}

However, it is common that you would want to move the XML documentation to an external file – for that, use the <include> tag.

public class Foo
{

   /// <include file='doc\Foo.uex' path='docs/doc[@for="Foo.MyMethod"]/*' />
///
public void MyMethod(int bar) { … }

}

UNDONE§ there is a big doc with all the comment tags we should be using… where is that?

2.4.3 Comment Style

The // (two slashes) style of comment tags should be used in most situations. Where ever possible, place comments above the code instead of beside it.  Here are some examples:

// This is required for WebClient to work through the proxy
GlobalProxySelection.Select = new WebProxy("https://itgproxy");

// Create object to access Internet resources
//
WebClient myClient = new WebClient();

Comments can be placed at the end of a line when space allows:

public class SomethingUseful
{
private int itemHash; // instance member
private static bool hasDoneSomething; // static member
}

2.5 Spacing

Spaces improve readability by decreasing code density. Here are some guidelines for the use of space characters within code:

  • Do use a single space after a comma between function arguments.
    Right:          Console.In.Read(myChar, 0, 1);
    Wrong:       Console.In.Read(myChar,0,1);
  • Do not use a space after the parenthesis and function arguments
    Right:          CreateFoo(myChar, 0, 1)
    Wrong:       CreateFoo( myChar, 0, 1 )
  • Do not use spaces between a function name and parenthesis.
    Right:          CreateFoo()
    Wrong:       CreateFoo ()
  • Do not use spaces inside brackets.
    Right: x = dataArray[index];
    Wrong:       x = dataArray[ index ];
  • Do use a single space before flow control statements
    Right:          while (x == y)
    Wrong:       while(x==y)
  • Do use a single space before and after comparison operators
    Right:          if (x == y)
    Wrong:       if (x==y)

2.6 Naming

Follow all .NET Framework Design Guidelines for both internal and external members. Highlights of these include:

  • Do not use Hungarian notation
  • Do not use a prefix for member variables (_, m_, s_, etc.). If you want to distinguish between local and member variables you should use “this.” in C# and “Me.” in VB.NET.
  • Do use camelCasing for member variables
  • Do use camelCasing for parameters
  • Do use camelCasing for local variables
  • Do use PascalCasing for function, property, event, and class names
  • Do prefix interfaces names with “I”
  • Do not prefix enums, classes, or delegates with any letter

The reasons to extend the public rules (no Hungarian, no prefix for member variables, etc.) is to produce a consistent source code appearance. In addition a goal is to have clean readable source. Code legibility should be a primary goal.

2.7 Naming Conventions

2.7.1 Interop Classes

Classes that are there for interop wrappers (DllImport statements) should follow the naming convention below:

  • NativeMethods – No suppress unmanaged code attribute, these are methods that can be used anywhere because a stack walk will be performed.
  • UnsafeNativeMethods – Has suppress unmanaged code attribute. These methods are potentially dangerous and any caller of these methods must do a full security review to ensure that the usage is safe and protected as no stack walk will be performed.
  • SafeNativeMethods – Has suppress unmanaged code attribute. These methods are safe and can be used fairly safely and the caller isn’t needed to do full security reviews even though no stack walk will be performed.

class NativeMethods
{
   private NativeMethods() {}

   [DllImport(“user32”)]
   internal static extern void FormatHardDrive(string driveName);
}

[SuppressUnmanagedCode]
class UnsafeNativeMethods
{
   private UnsafeNativeMethods() {}

   [DllImport(“user32”)]
   internal static extern void CreateFile(string fileName);
}

[SuppressUnmanagedCode]
class SafeNativeMethods
{
   private SafeNativeMethods() {}

   [DllImport(“user32”)]
   internal static extern void MessageBox(string text);
}

All interop classes must be private, and all methods must be internal. In addition a private constructor should be provided to prevent instantiation.

2.8 File Organization

  • Source files should contain only one public type, although multiple internal classes are allowed
  • Source files should be given the name of the public class in the file
  • Directory names should follow the namespace for the class

For example, I would expect to find the public class “System.Windows.Forms.Control” in “System\Windows\Forms\Control.cs”…

  • Classes member should be alphabetized, and grouped into sections (Fields, Constructors, Properties, Events, Methods, Private interface implementations, Nested types)
  • Using statements should be inside the namespace declaration.

namespace MyNamespace
{

using System;

public class MyClass : IFoo
{

      // fields
      int foo;

      // constructors
      public MyClass() { … }

      // properties
      public int Foo { get { … } set { … } }

      // events
      public event EventHandler FooChanged { add { … } remove { … } }

      // methods
      void DoSomething() { … }
      void FindSomethind() { … }

//private interface implementations
   void IFoo.DoSomething() { DoSomething(); }

// nested types
   class NestedType { … }

}

}

Comments

  • Anonymous
    January 26, 2005
    This is really useful. Thanks.

  • Anonymous
    January 26, 2005
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  • Anonymous
    January 26, 2005
    There seems to be a conflict between these two guidelines:

    "Braces should never be considered optional. Even for single statement blocks, you should always use braces."

    and a few lines later

    "It is suggested that all control structures (if, while, for, etc.) use braces, but it is not required."

  • Anonymous
    January 26, 2005
    My point on braces omitting:

    DO omit braces around simple single-statement body:

    // nice
    if( ... )
    x = y+z;

    // ugly
    if( ... )
    {
    x = y+z;
    }

    DO NOT omit braces around compound statements:

    // ugly
    if( ... )
    foreach( ... )
    x = y+z;

    // nice

    if( ... )
    {
    foreach( ... )
    x = y+z;
    }

    DO NOT omit braces around if-part or else-part if other part embraced:

    // ugly
    if( ... )
    x = y+z;
    else
    {
    a = b+c;
    i++;
    }

    // nice
    if( ... )
    {
    x = y+z;
    }
    else
    {
    a = b+c;
    i++;
    }

    This rules makes readability cleaner. IMHO.

  • Anonymous
    January 26, 2005
    You didn't state that. Do you really use camelCase for private constants?

  • Anonymous
    January 26, 2005
    Sam, I think if you choose to follow the guidelines posted here then you would create two files. You would also create a separate file for each public delegate and each EventArgs-derived type. This means that if you know the full name of the public type then you can easily find the file where the source is defined.

    AppDomain is a pretty interesting example in the sscli since it exposes three EventArgs-derived types:

    AssemblyLoadEventArgs
    ResolveEventArgs
    UnhandledExceptionEventArgs

    and three delegates:

    AssemblyLoadEventHandler
    ResolveEventHandler
    UnhandledExceptionEventHandler

    The first two in each set are defined in sscliclrsrcbclsystemappdomain.cs but the last ones are defined in sscliclrsrcbclsystemunhandledexceptioneventargs.cs and sscliclrsrcbclsystemunhandledexceptioneventhandler.cs.

    Ultimately though, the important thing (as far as naming is concerned) is that each type conforms to the naming guidelines for events.

  • Anonymous
    January 26, 2005
    Thanks Kevin - so your AppDomain example does not behave like the above guidelines for public types would propose, if I understand you correctly?


    And, another thing, can I conclude that public types should not be nested? Example would be a class that throws a special exception.
    I could put the class declaration for the exception inside the class that might throw it, put then it wont be in its own source file.

    And probably nesting public types aint good anyway (I'm just searching for some reasons why to oppose to it, right now it's just a hunch I have that nesting public types might be no good)?

  • Anonymous
    January 26, 2005
    Are there any specific guidelines for naming gui controls? Would you use just use the type or an abbreviation of the type as a suffix?

    Label somethingLabel;
    or
    Label somethingLbl;

  • Anonymous
    January 26, 2005
    >Source files should contain only one public type,

    I disagree with this also. It sounds good until you actually try to enforce it. If I have a class which fires some events that have their own FooEventArgs classes, I'm going to define those right there in the file. It's stupid to create another file for those.

  • Anonymous
    January 26, 2005
    G. Man, what happens when another class comes along that also raises an event taking a FooEventArgs, i.e. you re-use the class somewhere else? Would you split it into its own file then?

    Sam, you can read the guidelines for nested types here:

    http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/en-us/cpgenref/html/cpconusingnestedtypes.asp?frame=false

    You can also view the FxCop rule on the subject here:

    http://www.gotdotnet.com/team/fxcop/Docs/Rules/Design/NestedTypesShouldNotBeVisible.html

  • Anonymous
    January 27, 2005
    I usually break delegates/event args into matched pairs:

    ServerEvent.cs:<pre>
    public delegate void ServerEventHandler(object sender, ServerEventArgs e);

    public class ServerEventArgs : EventArgs
    {
    private IServer server;

    public ServerEventArgs(IServer server)
    {
    this.server = server;
    }

    public IServer Server {get{return this.server;}}
    }
    </pre>

    DataEvent.cs:<pre>
    public delegate void DataEventHandler(Object sender, DataEventArgs e);

    public class DataEventArgs : EventArgs
    {
    private object data = null;

    public DataEventArgs(object data)
    {
    this.data = data;
    }

    public object Data
    {
    get{return this.data;}
    }
    }
    </pre>

  • Anonymous
    January 27, 2005
    MS coding style

  • Anonymous
    January 27, 2005
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  • Anonymous
    January 27, 2005
    mihailik: braces around everything! It makes logic debugging much easier.

    But why not tabs for indent? To me, it helps seet of the individual blocks of code even more.

  • Anonymous
    January 27, 2005
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  • Anonymous
    January 27, 2005
    What's with the hating on tabs? I've heard this guideline before, but never understood the motivation behind it. It seems to me that tabs are ideal here, as they semantically match the notion of indentation. 4 spaces lacks that semantic meaning. And with tabs you can set the tab width in your editer.

  • Anonymous
    January 27, 2005
    Since VB.Net doesn't support casing, your requirements would mean the private member variable would have to be named different than the property property that exposes it.

    That's pretty confusing. I think I'll stick with "_myVariable".

  • Anonymous
    January 27, 2005
    Regarding 2.8, do you guys even have separate files for Enum types that are strongly tied to the class? For example, consider something like DateTime which basically "owns" the DayOfWeek enum. Do you actually have a DayOfWeek.cs for the enum or do you just include it in DateTime.cs?

  • Anonymous
    January 27, 2005
    Mihailik: Besides the points already posted above about always bracing (on which I agree), still another argument is that its a very common source for silly bugs, ie changing a one statement if.. into a two statement if.. and forgetting to add the braces.

  • Anonymous
    January 27, 2005
    Drew, in the sscli there is a separate file for DayOfWeek called DayOfWeek.cs.

    If you're interested you can get the sscli bits from http://www.microsoft.com/resources/sharedsource/default.mspx

  • Anonymous
    January 27, 2005
    Is there a FxCop rule for your coding styles?

  • Anonymous
    January 27, 2005
    This is great stuff.

  • Anonymous
    January 27, 2005
    Also for the TABs, beside semantic meaning and the like, it is not so good to hit arrow keys four times to get to the next tab, and it is not obviously good to hit ctrl+arrow key to pass the four characters.

    So please can you give a good explanation for tabs?

    Back on the days of c/c++ on MFC, we used Hungarian notation, and m_ and it was very encourged by MS docs although being ugly and hard for developers, now it is discouraged I am happy, but I have learned to ask why? ;)

  • Anonymous
    January 27, 2005
    Brad: what do you do with generics? Say i have a type Tuple<A>, Tuple<A,B> and Tuple<A,B,C>. They're all public. Where do they go?

  • Anonymous
    January 27, 2005
    Our group doesnt allow tabs either. Why I agree about the hiting the arrow key four times argument that it is annoying, the reason is valid:

    Because you CAN set the tab width the code looks different in every editor. Especially if there are a mix of tabs and spaces, the indention can really get messed up if someone uses a different tab witdh.

    Plus I usually ignore the formating and then hit the key to have VS autoformat it or delete and retype the closing curly brace...

  • Anonymous
    January 27, 2005
    One thing that really irritates me with one of my co-workers is that he doesn't use spaces when concating strings.

    for example:
    querystring = "name="+Name+"&userid="+UserID+"&email="+email;

    It makes it almost impossible to read compared to:
    querystring = "name=" + Name + "&userid=" + UserID + "&email=" + email;


    Please add this rule to the .Net guidelines so I can paste it in a mail with lots of bold red text to him! ;) I've tried to tell him nicely...



    Real-life example I just found:

    Write("<thead ID="RH_"+ParentEditor.ID+"_"+Row.GetPrimarykeys()+"" "+Script+" class=""+Style+"">");

  • Anonymous
    January 27, 2005
    Well, I dont think its good idea to use 4 spaces instead of tab.It unnecessarily increase editing complexity.

  • Anonymous
    January 27, 2005
    I agree with the above, apart from:

    - I always use braces, even for wrapping single statements. This makes updating the code easier in the future.
    - I use tabs, not spaces, and standardise on 4 characters per tab.
    - I believe members should be ordered according to function; they shouldn't be alphabetised - that's what an editor drop-down is for.

    I wish I could get my colleague to follow the rule about spaces around operators - his code is unreadable because of this!

  • Anonymous
    January 27, 2005
    "Because you CAN set the tab width the code looks different in every editor"

    So you'll standardise on using spaces (and presumably on the number of spaces per indent), but won't standardise on a tab setting? That's real consistent.

  • Anonymous
    January 27, 2005
    camelCasingMakesCode less_readable_than_underscores

  • Anonymous
    January 27, 2005
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  • Anonymous
    January 27, 2005
    The Internal Coding Guidelines posted by Brad Abrams are very similar to the style I prefer. Perhaps the main difference is that I use an underscore prefix for member variables, although I've never been completely happy with this. It does...

  • Anonymous
    January 27, 2005
    The last few posts are all about habits - you are used to work with tabs, it'll be easier for you. You are used to spaces, they'll be easier.
    If you are used to camelCase its easy to read, if you are used to underscores it's easy to read, too.

    The important thing is to be consistent in the whole project. Nothings worse for readability than mixing styles.

  • Anonymous
    January 27, 2005
    The comment has been removed

  • Anonymous
    January 27, 2005
    There is three different points on private fields naming:

    a) int width;
    b) int m_Width;
    c) int _Width;

    Last two conflicts with Brad's rules. Why I use prefixes for private fields? Because of Intellisense's case-insensitive manner.

  • Anonymous
    January 28, 2005
    An excellent post by Brad Abrams deta...

  • Anonymous
    January 28, 2005
    "Tab characters (�x09) should not be used in code. All indentation should be done with 4 space characters."

    "I'm a tabs user, but it comes down to consistency and typing time. 12 spaces is a lot more keypresses than 3 tabs."

    Uh, you do realize you can configure the dev environment to insert spaces when you hit the Tab key, right? I use the 4 space rule, but I still only hit the tab key once for each 4 space indent.

  • Anonymous
    January 28, 2005
    Coding standards from Microsoft - level 100

  • Anonymous
    January 28, 2005
    From "C++ Coding Standards" by Sutter & Alexandrescu (http://www.gotw.ca/publications/c++cs.htm): 0. Don’t sweat the small stuff. (Or: Know what not to standardize.)

    Braces, spaces vs. tabs, comment style, names, etc. are all "small stuff" in the grand scheme of things.

    There are going to be very few bugs that result from using foo_bar_baz instead of fooBarBaz.

  • Anonymous
    January 28, 2005
    One thing I miss is the naming convention of procedures/functions.
    They all follow verb noun.
    I prefer noun verb. Example
    You want to do something with a file. Is it
    OpenFile, GetFile, ReadFile, LoadFile
    Or
    FileOpen, FileGet, FileRead, FileLoad.
    Not convinced ? Open the Object Browser and look for words starting with get.

    I hope MS will change that

    CE

  • Anonymous
    January 28, 2005
    A bit of reflection of my own coding style in comparison to other established coding styles at Sun, SGI, and Microsoft.

  • Anonymous
    January 28, 2005
    A bit of reflection of my own coding style in comparison to other established coding styles at Sun, SGI, and Microsoft.

  • Anonymous
    January 29, 2005
    Thoughts on Naming Convention

  • Anonymous
    January 29, 2005
    consistency is worth its weight in gold.

    everyone has their own style. personally I liked the old C style notation, but if I were trying to market a new language i'd do the same thing (say how and what to write). it makes of groups, loyal legions. formatting is stupid. with a powerful editor like they've produced, I seriously doubt errors will be made by using _memberName as opposed to memberName;

    CTRL+A, CTRL+KF solves most problems.

  • Anonymous
    January 29, 2005
    Tabs for Indenting Code

  • Anonymous
    January 30, 2005
    I can't believe all you smart people are arguing about tabs vs spaces, especially in terms of carat navigation.

    Are none of you aware of CTRL-Right Arrow, CTRL-Left Arrow? With ONE "keystroke" you move past all the whitespace no matter if it's spaces or tabs.

  • Anonymous
    January 30, 2005
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  • Anonymous
    January 30, 2005
    > Do not use a prefix for member variables
    In C#, a property can differ from its backing field in case only, thus:
    public int MyProperty
    {
    get { return myProperty; }
    set { myProperty = value; }
    }
    private int myProperty;

    This is not possible in VB because of case-insensitivity. I prefer to use an underscore prefix for private fields in both C# and VB, to be consistent in both languages.

  • Anonymous
    January 30, 2005
    The comment has been removed

  • Anonymous
    January 30, 2005
    Larry,
    Absolutely right. I really don't get where Brad is coming from here. I hope he speaks up on it at some point.

  • Anonymous
    January 30, 2005
    Brad, you didn't mention anything about namespace naming convention. Namespaces usually follow assembly names, but should be there any exceptions? Can assembly contain more than one namespace? Or one namespace be spread across multiple assemblies?

  • Anonymous
    January 30, 2005
    The comment has been removed

  • Anonymous
    January 30, 2005
    The comment has been removed

  • Anonymous
    January 31, 2005
    The comment has been removed

  • Anonymous
    January 31, 2005
    I think tabs should be used. Maybe I don't personally like someone else's 2 space indenting. If it is done using a 2-space tab, I can read the code with my 4-space tab when I bring it into my editor. I you want to read it with a 6-space tab, it works. Even though I personally do agree on a 4-space indention, you may not want to be subject to it. Tabs allow it to be seen your way.

  • Anonymous
    January 31, 2005
    I think tabs should be used. Maybe I don't personally like someone else's 2 space indenting. If it is done using a 2-space tab, I can read the code with my 4-space tab when I bring it into my editor. I you want to read it with a 6-space tab, it works. Even though I personally do agree on a 4-space indention, you may not want to be subject to it. Tabs allow it to be seen your way.

  • Anonymous
    January 31, 2005
    The comment has been removed

  • Anonymous
    January 31, 2005

    The issue is with tabs and spaces mixed.

    If the file is consistent either way it won't matter, really.

    Spaces have the advantage:
    1. Will always display the same (as the author intended)
    2. Not all editors support your favorite tabstop settings [Notepad uses 8-space tabs, I use 4-space tabs. Spaced files look fine.]
    3. It's easy to replace tabs with spaces via a tool. [you can't do this in reverse as easily]
    4. With 'visible tabs' turned on in an editor, it's easy to keep the file clean. [conversely, you can't ban spaces]

    Tabs have the advantage:
    1. Can display differently according to the user's editor. This should closer match their interest.
    2. Simple editors use tabs (with the TAB key). Only programmer editors subtitute spaces for tabs automatically. [So editing a 'tabbed' document in Notepad is easier. With a 'spaced' document you will likely introduce new tabs without realising it]
    3. Tabs tend to be the default in most editors. So if you reinstall the editor on a new machine, you're likely ending up with tabs.


    Conclusion: Tabs allow for better editing with simple tools, and allow for more flexible display in advanced tools.

    Spaces, on the other hand, are easier to enforce with tools and display more consistently across various outputs.


    For me, spaces win due to being easier to enforce. I can run a tool over the source files and eliminate tabs, and have a consistent codebase. I cannot as easily go from a mixed codebase and eliminate spaces.

  • Anonymous
    January 31, 2005
    What about controls? txtName, lblName, etc?

  • Anonymous
    January 31, 2005
    I agree with the brace rule above!
    Always braces and always tabs, for the reasons you all have written.
    -------

    One of our naming rules, that doesn't correspond with the MS rules:
    Variables that contain GUI elements should be prefixed.

    <Not Microsoft like!>
    Microsoft recommends suffixing Fields and variable names, but it’s easier to handle prefixed variables in Visual Studio (Renaming in Form Designer, searching with Code completion).

    // Avoid
    System.Windows.Forms.Button cancelButton;
    System.Windows.Forms.TextBox nameTextBox;

    // Correct
    System.Windows.Forms.Button buttonCancel;
    System.Windows.Forms.TextBox textBoxName;

    What do you think about?

  • Anonymous
    January 31, 2005
    Erick Sasse &raquo; C# Coding Guidelines

  • Anonymous
    February 01, 2005
    Всё очень просто с ними, но некоторые вещи мне кажутся неудобными

  • Anonymous
    February 02, 2005
    Thanx

  • Anonymous
    February 03, 2005
    I noticed a lot of people complaining (?)... lamenting about the use of 4 spaces instead of a tab.

    Did you know that Visual Studio (and other IDEs) allow you to set your tab key to include spaces instead of the tab character?

    This way everyone gets what they want... an easy to use tab key AND spaces so that every editor looks the same.

  • Anonymous
    February 03, 2005
    Thanks Tom.It is so easy and useful.

  • Anonymous
    February 08, 2005
    Provided ...
    1) the editor stores data in a single format regardless of whether it is displayed as tabs or spaces
    2) You preserve the 'look' of the source file, and the 'feel' of the code

    ... it matters little (I'm a little tabby cat personally)

    In terms of removing goto, it should be gone, except it still has one use for me. I find it useful if the code is going to be generated by another program rather than manually. A decision-table matrix lends itself to this use.
    After all - the compiler does it...

  • Anonymous
    February 15, 2005
    What is the reason for nesting Using statements inside namespace block?

  • Anonymous
    February 21, 2005
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  • Anonymous
    February 22, 2005
    <Wine mode>

    At the end of paragraph 2.2 it says "Braces should never be considered optional."

    However it ends paragraph 2.3 with "It is suggested that all control structures (if, while, for, etc.) use braces, but it is not required."

    </Wine mode>

    Thanks for the document, I'll use this to slap the devs on my team. ;)

  • Anonymous
    March 09, 2005
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  • Anonymous
    March 16, 2005
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    March 16, 2005
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    April 06, 2005
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    June 29, 2005
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    August 18, 2005
    A collection of Coding Guidelines and Standards in C# and VB.NET

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    August 18, 2005
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    August 18, 2005
    Here are some useful links that tackle programming guidelines on C# and VB.NET.
    VB.NET Coding Guidelines...

  • Anonymous
    August 18, 2005
    Here are some useful links that tackle programming guidelines on C# and VB.NET.
    VB.NET Coding Guidelines...

  • Anonymous
    January 30, 2006
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  • Anonymous
    February 11, 2006
    Good programming involves more than just coding. The links available in the side bars are already enough...

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    February 22, 2006
    PingBack from http://www.mbartels.com/index.php/2006/02/22/coding-guidelines-c/

  • Anonymous
    March 11, 2006
    I asked for some comments regarding my post on the practice of camel casing private members in my DotNetJunkies...

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    March 30, 2006
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    March 30, 2006
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  • Anonymous
    May 05, 2006
    The following links to .NET resources have been collated over time with the assistance of colleagues.&amp;nbsp;...

  • Anonymous
    August 10, 2006
    I started programming with C and used Hungarian notation since then. It was very helpful back then to

  • Anonymous
    August 30, 2006
    Finally my blogs up!! Thanks David!Looking to blog from the yesterday, finally here I &quot;start&quot;. Welcome...

  • Anonymous
    September 22, 2006
    Today we embarked on the process of creating company coding standards.&amp;nbsp; This is alwyas fun as developers...

  • Anonymous
    October 18, 2007
    .NET Custom Forms Designer: Name Creation Service

  • Anonymous
    November 19, 2008
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