I just gave a presentation to a team of developers about coding standards for .NET. I was a bit nervous as most of them were/are smarter than I. I think it went off really well. Better than I thought it would. At least that is the feedback I got. What I covered was that using .NET, there really are not ’standards’ to follow that are better than another. What needs to be considered is that a set of standards are made and then followed by the development team. These standards can be something created by a team member or something pre-built by a third party (MVC, nTier, etc.). What I am saying is that standards can be anything the team comes up with. They only become standards if they are used as such. If I came and implemented standards for the team for .NET and nobody used them, then what you have in essence is a different way of coding than that of anybody else. If everyone used the methodology put forth, that’s when standards start to take shape. I know there are many different methodologies but you only need one to get a team on the same page. I am interested on any other thoughts on this subject. Have fun coding and as always, if there are any questions or suggestions, they are welcome. Thank you.
