The Psychology of Quality and More

C Style: Standards and Guidelines (contents)

CHAPTER 1 : Standards

PART 1 : BASICS

CHAPTER 1 : Standards

1.1 Standards
1.2 Guidelines
1.3 What are standards for?
1.4 What are coding standards for?
1.5 Who are coding standards for?
1.6 Coding standards vs. programming standards
1.7 Using this book

1.8 Summary

 

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In many diverse industries, from house-building and ship-building to the manufacturing of washing machines and radios, standards are well established and recognized as being essential for the effective and economic construction of quality products. Yet within the software industry, standards are slow to arrive, in particular at the basic level of coding.

In order to better understand coding standards, we must first understand what we mean by 'standards' and how these are used in general industry. From there we can translate these values into the programming arena, defining areas which may benefit from the use of coding standards.

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