Software Development Standards

Software Development Standards

1. Coding Standards

   • Comments in the code
   • Variable names and naming conventions
   • Formatting the code
   • Version name and number

2. Benefits

   • Efficiency
     • Any member of development team can work it
     • The individuals of the team working on it don't have to adapt to a different programming style
   • Fewer errors and easier debugging
     • Results in more accurate coding
     • Results in better results
   • Easy to maintain
     • Any programmer will find it relatively easy to look through the code and understand its structure.
     • They will also be able to find what they are looking for when a change needs to be made

3. Rules for Standards

   • How to document what the system needs to do
   • How to break the system into small parts that can be developed by teams of programmers
   • How to allocate staff to teams
   • How to keep track of changes
   • How to code programs
   • How to test
   • How to document the whole system