Coding Standards and Principles in C#

The primary goal of coding standards and principles in C# is for programmers to become better at their craft by programming code that is more performant and easier to maintain. In this chapter, we will look at some examples of good code contrasted with examples of bad code. This will lead nicely into discussing why we need coding standards, principles, and methodologies. As we delve into coding standards, we will consider conventions for naming, commenting, and formatting source code, including classes, methods, and variables.

A big program can be rather unwieldy to understand and maintain. For programming teams, getting to know the code and what it does can be a daunting prospect, and they can find it hard to work together on such projects. Because of this, we will look at how to use modularity to break programs down into smaller modules that all work together to produce a fully functioning solution that is also fully testable, can be worked...