Coding Standards

For the C# Language

The following web sites hold published standards for the C# language. In some cases, for obvious reasons, these overlap extensively with general .NET coding standards.

The Microsoft C# Coding Conventions

The guidelines published here are used by Microsoft for their own samples and documentation.

Aviva Solutions C# Coding Guidelines

In addition to coding guidelines, Aviva also publish their static analysis rules and recommended ReSharper settings.

Philips Healthcare C# Coding Standards

TIOBE make the commercial coding standards from Philips Helathcare available. The format ofthis document is particularly interesting as it has a very formal rule numbering convention.

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