C# Coding/Naming Guideline

Author: Chesta

Type	Naming Style	Naming	Example
Namespace	noun or noun phrase	Pascal	Microsoft.Office.PowerPoint.
Class	noun or noun phrase	Pascal	AppDomain
Interface	nouns or noun phrases, or adjectives that describe behavior	Pascal	ICustomAttributeProvider
Enumeration Type	Use a singular name for most Enum types, but use a plural name for Enum types that are bit fields.	Pascal	ErrorLevel
Enum values	Use a singular name for most Enum types, but use a plural name for Enum types that are bit fields.	Pascal	FatalError
Static public and Static protected fields	Use nouns, noun phrases, or abbreviations of nouns to name static fields	Pascal
Read Only Static Field	Noun	Pascal	RedValue
Parameter	Use descriptive parameter names	Camel	string Format(string format, object[] args)
Method	Use verbs or verb phrases to name methods.	Pascal	RemoveAll()
Property	Use a noun or noun phrase to name properties.	Pascal	public Color BackColor { // Code for Get and Set accessors goes here. }
Event	Use a gerund (the "ing" form of a verb) to create an event name	Pascal	ValueChanging
Protected Instant Field	Noun	Camel	redValue
Public Instant Value	Noun	Pascal	RedValue
Const Field	noun or noun phrase	Pascal	const int MaximumItems
Field	noun or noun phrase	Camel	listItem
Exception class	noun or noun phrase	Pascal	WebException
Generic Type	Do name generic type parameters with descriptive names, unless a single-letter name is completely self explanatory and a descriptive name would not add value.	Pascal	System.Collections.Generic.IDictionary<T Key, T Value>.
Resources	Do provide descriptive rather than short identifiers. Keep them concise	Pascal	Menus.FileMenu.Close.Color
Delegate	Delegates that are used to define an event handler for an event must be suffixed with EventHandler.	Pascal	public delegate CloseEventHandler(object sender, EventArgs arguments)

Camel: In Camel casing only the first letter of the second, third, etc. word in a name is capitalized; for example,backColor

Pascal: In Pascal casing the first letter of each word in an identifier is capitalized. For example, BackColor.

My Ideal guide is of Microsoft coding guideline, based on that I created one page notes. That could be pined on desk.

Following are the links of Naming guidelines in various framework, basic difference is for new namespace and classes. Pages contain language selector like VB and C#.

Dot net framework 1.1 naming guidelines (base guidelines)

http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/xzf533w0(VS.71).aspx

Dot net framework 4.0 naming guidelines

http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ms229002(VS.100).aspx

Dot net framework 3.5 naming guidelines

http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ms229002.aspx

Dot net framework 3.0 naming guidelines

http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ms229002(VS.85).aspx

Dot net framework 2.0 naming guidelines

http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ms229002(VS.80).aspx

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