Good programming practices

While conventions and standards introduce uniformity to code and make it easily understandable, developers are strictly advised to follow some good coding practices listed over a period of time. If you browse the Internet, you will find a vast number of resources available on good programming practices. Some of them have stood with time and are always relevant, some are not really significant and some do not go along with our conventions. However, there are a few points that are relevant to our organization and to the general C# developers;...

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Code structure: Size and layout

How many times have you come across a source file that is so huge in length that to trace a part of code in it can get you sick, not only because there is too much of code to dig into but also because the scroller is too small to grab? ;-)It is important to know when it is enough!If a method exceeds beyond 30-40 lines, you should consider splitting into further segments. Rarely business logic has to be written above 40 lines without an option to divide it into segments. As long as dividing the code into methods makes sense, it does not matter....

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Code structure

The standardization of the structure of code is important to allow developers locate objects quickly, trace bugs more effectively and not the least, make the code readable and explanatory. Let us talk about the structure of code today.I checked multiple sources from Microsoft and also scanned through the code gallery at MSDN to study how people organized their code. I did not find uniformity of order in MSDN samples and other code from the very developers from Microsoft. Some code in gallery even declare member variables at the end of the...

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Coding convention – Database and files

In the last blog, we stopped at the naming convention for C# code. However, it is not only C# source that forms an application. We need to standardize naming convention for database objects, files and folders etc. We will focus on them in this blog. Naming convention for database The table below is a chart with the standards to be followed for database objects. As in the previous blog for source code, we have three columns here. The first column has the database unit, the second has the details about which case to be used (and special conditions,...

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Coding convention – C#: Naming convention

Naming convention is the most important part of standard coding convention. By following a common standard to name identifiers, a common medium of communication is established between the developers. Identifiers are easily recognizable along with their context if a developer knows the standard. Naming convention deals with naming almost every programming objects starting from basic variables to large structures as classes and namespaces. Before listing the standards, it is necessary to understand three basic terms used in this context: Pascal...

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Coding convention - C#

The importance of a standard coding convention is often ignored in many small and medium scale software companies. Most of the times, they make an effort to establish a convention but due to limited manpower and in absence of departmentalized role of employees, initial efforts either fade midway or the convention gets limited to documents. When there are developers coding, there should always be a mechanism to monitor their code. Like every other discipline, coding needs a constant monitor and review too.Upon analyzing the code written over a number...

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