Coding Standards

C++ coding standards for Atlas (html)

S. M. Fisher, RAL and L. Tuura, CERN
28th August 1996.
Abstract:
Over the last few months, the ATLAS OO group has managed to come to a decision on what it would like to see as C++ coding standards to be adopted by ATLAS. This document attempts to present these standards in a readable manner--with some explanation and examples. The standards are then collected together at the end as a checklist for reviewers. This checklist will also be maintained as an appendix of the `Atlas Software Process' document.

The Indian Hill style guide (postscript)

by L.W. Cannon R.A. Elliott L.W. Kirchhoff J.H. Miller J.M. Milner R.W. Mitze E.P. Schan N.O. Whittington; Bell Labs
The Indian Hill style guide Updated 25 June 1990, with the orignal authors as well as:
Henry Spencer; Zoology Computer Systems, University of Toronto
David Keppel; EECS, UC Berkeley CS&E, University of Washington
Mark Brader; SoftQuad Incorporated, Toronto
Also mirrored here.

Verilog and VHDL Coding Style (postscript)

See also the European Space Agency's documents

• Model Guidelines (postscript)
• VHDL Report (postscript)

SUN: Code Conventions for the Java Programming Language

The original guide by Sun

Doug Lea: Java Coding standart by Doug Lea

if you don't know him, he contributed a lot of the new concurrent APIs of JDK1.5

Geotechnical Software Services: Java Programming Style Guidelines

Another java coding standart

Remote Support

Remote Support software for PDA, Pocket PC and Smartphones.

Mobile Device Management

Mobile Device Management software for PDA, Pocket PC and Smartphones.

Mach4 Project Coding Style (html)

This describes how the Mach4 project at Utah will differ from the traditional Mach coding style.

The IN Project

• Coding Rules in Programming C++
• Naming Conventions

CERT C++ Secure Coding Standard

• CERT C++ Secure Coding Standard

MSAS Project at JPL

• MSAS Development Coding Standards and Style Guide
• Abstract Data Types in C
  An article by Dan Ford, in Computer Language May 1992.

Personal addendum:
This C++ style guide is intended for professional developers, it defines one style and is not meant to reflect the perfect C++ style.
Programming with a good style is not as easy as you can think. There are some tricky points in the C++ language, and this guide pin-points harsh style and language issues.
I found it so useful that I started a french translation of this C/C++ Style Guide, and that I translated the original PostScript file into Word and HTML format.
C hristophe Pierret (machpach@free.fr)

 Ellemtel Telecommunication Systems Laboratories makes no representations about the suitability of this document or the examples described herein for any purpose. It is provided ''as is'' without any expressed or implied warranty.

• Introduction
• Terminology
• General Recommendations
• Source Code In Files
• Assigning Names
• Style
• Classes
• Class Templates
• Functions
• Constants
• Variables
• Pointers and References
• Type Conversions
• Flow Control Structures
• Expressions
• Memory Allocation
• Fault Handling
• References
• Summary of Rules
• Summary of Recommendations