Software development is always team work and therefore it is really important that everyone in a team is using common best practices. Here, we will go through some basic things that you have to take into account. This is not the whole list, but we try to concentrate on some basic things that you should know.
Coding conventions are guidelines that describe how the code should be written in a specific programming language. It makes code more readable and easier to maintain. Naming conventions define how variables, methods, and more should be named. Naming is really important because that helps developers understand the purpose of a certain unit in the program. The layout convention defines how the structure of the source code should look, for example, indenting and usage of spaces. The commenting convention defines how the source code should be commented. Quite often it is good to use some standardized ways for the commenting, such as Javadoc with Java.
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