How Much Is Too Much?
Once you’ve decided that you’re going to institute coding conventions, you can either define a few guidelines or attempt to define a rule for nearly every conceivable coding scenario. If you want a truly minimalist approach, just remember, “It’s more important to be consistent than to be right.” This philosophy has a number of ramifications. It means that if you’re maintaining existing code, you simply follow the coding conventions used by the original author. Also remember that it’s never a good idea to fix the coding conventions of an entire application, unless the application is already being rewritten for some other reason.
Coding Recommendations
If you want something a little more structured, I’ll offer what I consider ...
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