C++ Coding Standards: 101 Rules, Guidelines, and Best Practices

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KISS (Keep It Simple Software): Correct is better than fast. Simple is better than complex. Clear is better than cute. Safe is better than insecure...

It's hard to overstate the value of simple designs and clear code. Your code's maintainer will thank you for making it understandableand often that will...

Example 1: Avoid gratuitous/clever operator overloading. One needlessly weird GUI library had users write w + c; to add a child control c to a...

[Abelson96] • [Bentley00] §4 • [Cargill92] pp. • [Cline99] §3.• [Constantine95] §29 • [Keffer95] p. 17 • [Lakos96] §9.1, §10.• [McConnell93] • [Meyers01] §47 •...