Standards - Recommended Reading

This page contains resources that pertain to coding standards.

Design Guidelines for Class Library Developers

Format: Web Page
Title: Design Guidelines for Class Library Developers
Link: http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/default.asp?url=/library/en-us/cpgenref/html/cpconNETFrameworkDesignGuidelines.asp
Category: Standards
Comments: The basis for my .NET programming standards.

Framework Design Guidelines — Conventions, Idioms, and Patterns for Reusable .NET Libraries

Format

Book

Title

Framework Design Guidelines — Conventions, Idioms, and Patterns for Reusable .NET Libraries

Author

Brad Abrams, Krzysztof Cwalina

Publisher

Addison Wesley

ISBN

0-321-24675-6

Category

Favorites, Framework, Standards

Comments

This is the book version of the Design Guidelines for Class Library Developers updated for .NET 2.0.

Includes annotations from the framework designers & developers themselves providing insite into some of the choices made.

Internal Coding Guidelines

Format: Web Page
Title: Internal Coding Guidelines
Author: Brad Adrams
Link: http://blogs.msdn.com/brada/articles/361363.aspx
Category: Standards
Comments: An extention to the Design Guidelines for Class Library Developers that covers idioms internal to your program.

VB.NET Coding Guidelines

Format: Web Page
Title: VB.NET Coding Guidelines
Author: Cory Smith
Link: http://addressof.com/blog/articles/CodingGuidelines.aspx
Category: Standards
Comments: An extention to the Design Guidelines for Class Library Developers that covers VB.NET idioms.

T.S. Bradley .NET