Existing Standard Style and Coding standard documents [closed]

Answer 1

• Apple Coding Guidelines for Cocoa

• GNU Coding Standards

• Bell Labs' Recommended C Style and Coding Standards

• reserved names from POSIX / ISO

• Facebook HHVM Coding Conventions

• GeoSoft C++ Programming Style Guidelines

• LLVM Coding Standards

• C Style and Coding Standards for SunOS

Answer 2

Hmm, strange question. Just choose standard which most of the team members are familiar with. Make some kind of poll for your team. Not sure how SO can help here :)

Answer 3

I agree with Harald Scheirich, it is most important to have the team agree on what the rules should be rather than just picking a set that has been recommended by outsiders.

My personal recommendation would be to read Code Complete, 2nd Edition by Steve McConnell which describes (among a whole lot of other useful stuff) several common coding standards and offers commentary on each. This might help your team in setting up your own standards.

Answer 4

I've written a coding standard for a major British company and was very conscious of putting reasons why I selected certain things rather than just make it a bunch of "Thou shalt" pronouncements. (-:

As a quick way out, I'd suggest mandating:

• Scott Meyers's Effective C++ 3rd Edition (Amazon link) - if you can find a copy of the 1st edition of this book then buy it for the overview of OO design which was removed from later editions. )-:
• Scott Meyer's book Effective STL (Amazon link) - you must use STL to use C++ efficiently.
• Steve McConnell's book Code Complete 2 (Amazon link) - not C++ specific but full of great insights.

Answer 5

C++ Coding Standards: 101 Rules, Guidelines, and Best Practices (C++ In-Depth Series) by Herb Sutter and, Andrei Alexandrescu.

Answer 6

Try this one, it's the one that NASA's Goddard space flight centre uses.

http://software.gsfc.nasa.gov/AssetsApproved/PA2.4.1.3.pdf