Coding Standards, why the heck?

Coding standards. Yes. Coding standards. Why do we need them?

I was reviewing our companies coding style document and thought I share with you some references I have come across.

The essence of enforcing coding standards is to have coding style - which is good for management of your code base and consistency. And overall, improves productivity of your developers.

Here are some useful links on coding style:

Brad Abrams Internal coding style
MSDN: Design Guidelines for Developing Class Libraries
Google C++ Style Guide