C# Coding Standards, Design Guidelines and Tools

I have seen a lot of people asking for a C# Coding Standard and Design Guide. Here are some documents and tools that I refer to:

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Dennis Doomen said...: I have been working on C# coding guidelines since 2003 and have recently published free guidelines for C# 3.0. Check it out at http://www.dennisdoomen.net/2009/03/new-coding-guidelines-for-c-30.html; October 1, 2009 at 10:19 PM
Suprotim Agarwal said...: Thanks Dennis for that link!; October 2, 2009 at 4:33 AM
Urs Enzler said...: We use StyleCop to check the coding guidelines (style) and FxCop to check basic design guidelines.

We think that only with tool support, the guidelines can be followed. If the guidelines are just "Paper" then there will be a lot of violations (by will or not) and you would have to make code reviews to check the basic guidelines. I prefer that code reviews consider higher goals than just style of coding.; October 2, 2009 at 1:01 PM