A set of guidelines for a specific programming language that provides recommendations on programming style, best practices, and methods for various aspects of writing programs in that language.
- Programming Languages
- Development Environment
- Platforms
- Frameworks
- Content Management System
- Tools
- Contributors
- C Coding Standard
- C Programming/Structure and style
- Making The Best Use of C - This chapter provides advice on how best to use the C language when writing GNU software.
- Google C++ Style Guide
- C++ Core Guidelines - A set of tried-and-true guidelines, rules, and best practices about coding in C++.
- LLVM C++ Coding Standards
- Mozilla C++ Coding style
- Chromium C++ style guide
- Webkit C++ Code Style Guidelines
- NASA C++ Coding Standards and Style Guide
- OceanBase C++ Coding Standards
The Clojure Style Guide - A community coding style guide for the Clojure programming language.
- The D Style - A set of style conventions for writing D programs.
- Fortran 90 Standards - European Standards For Writing and Documenting Exchangeable Fortran 90 Code.
- Fortran Best Practices - Style guide and best practices for modern Fortran programs.
- Effective Go
Go Standard Project Layout - Basic layout for Go applications. - Google Go Style Guide - Google's coding standards for source code in Go.
- Uber Go Style Guide - Patterns and conventions used in Go code at Uber.
- Code Conventions for the Java™ Programming Language
- Google Java Style Guide - Google's coding standards for source code in the Java™ Programming Language.
- Java Programming Style Guide
- Alibaba-Java-Coding-Guidelines - A guide for Java developers.
AngularJS Style Guide - Community-driven set of best practices for AngularJS application development. - JavaScript The Right Way - An easy-to-read, quick reference for JS best practices, accepted coding standards, and links around the Web.
- Google JavaScript Style Guide - This document serves as the complete definition of Google's coding standards for source code in the JavaScript programming language.
Airbnb JavaScript Style Guide - A mostly reasonable approach to JavaScript. - jQuery Core Style Guide
- JavaScript Style Guides And Beautifiers
- JavaScript Style Guide and Coding Conventions
- Code Conventions for the JavaScript
JavaScript Clean Code - Software engineering principles, from Robert C. Martin's book Clean Code, adapted for JavaScript. - Mozilla Coding Style Guide for JavaScript
- Google Markdown Style Guide - Style guide for Google-originated projects using Markdown.
- Markdown Style Guide
- GitLab Markdown Style Guide - Markdown Style Guide for about.GitLab.com.
Objective-C Style guide - Style guide & coding conventions for Objective-C projects. - Google Objective-C Style Guide
- NYTimes Objective-C Style Guide - The Objective-C Style Guide used by The New York Times.
- Coding style
- GNU Pascal Coding Standards - GNU Pascal standards used by GNU Pascal project.
- Perl best practices v4 - Slides by Randal Schwartz, based on the book by Damian Conway.
- Perl Elements to Avoid - A list of unrecommended practices, and what to do instead.
- perlstyle
- PHP FIG - PHP Standards Recommendations.
- PHP The Right Way - An easy-to-read, quick reference for PHP best practices, accepted coding standards, and links to authoritative tutorials around the Web.
Clean Code PHP - Clean Code concepts adapted for PHP.
- Style Guide for Python Code
- Google Python Style Guide
- The Hitchhiker's Guide to Python - Highly regarded Python best practices guide.
- The Ruby Style Guide - A community-driven Ruby coding style guide.
Ruby Style Guide - Airbnb's Ruby Style Guide. Ruby Style Guide - A community-driven Ruby coding style guide.
- Effective Scala
- Scala Style Guide
Databricks Scala Guide - Databricks Scala Coding Style Guide. Scala Best Practices
- API Design Guidelines
Swift - GitHub Official Swift style and conventions. Swift style guide Swift Style Guide - LinkedIn Official Swift Style Guide. Metova's Swift style guide - Xmartlabs Swift Style Guide - Swift language style guide & coding conventions followed by Xmartlabs.
- Google TypeScript Style Guide - TypeScript Style Guide used at Google's.
- Typescript deep dive - Style Guide - An unofficial TypeScript Style Guide.
- Typescript Lang - Do's and Don'ts - Suggestions from Typescript Lang organization.
- The PowerShell Best Practices and Style Guide - The Unofficial PowerShell Best Practices and Style Guide.
Android Guidelines - Architecture and code guidelines we use at ribot when developing for Android. - Xmartlabs Android Style Guide - Style guide for Android by Xmartlabs.
- HAL - A simple format that gives a consistent and easy way to hyperlink between resources in your API.
- Microsoft REST API Guidelines - The Microsoft REST API Guidelines.
- JSON API - Recommendations - This section contains recommendations for JSON API implementations.
- API Security Checklist - Checklist of the most important security countermeasures when designing, testing, and releasing your API.
- Google Cloud API Design Guide - A general design guide for networked APIs provided by Google.
- CSS Guidelines - High-level advice and guidelines for writing sane, manageable, scalable CSS.
Frontend Guidelines - Some HTML, CSS and JS best practices. - Sass Guidelines - An opinionated styleguide for writing sane, maintainable and scalable Sass.
Airbnb CSS / Sass Styleguide - A mostly reasonable approach to CSS and Sass. HTML Style Guide - A style guide which helps you write better, performant, structured, scalable and maintainable HTML. - HTML + CSS Code Guide - Standards for flexible, durable, and sustainable HTML and CSS.
- U.S. Web Design Standards - Open source UI components and visual style guide for U.S. government websites.
CoffeeScript Style Guide - A collection of best-practices and coding conventions for the CoffeeScript programming language. - LESS Coding Guidelines
- Google HTML/CSS Style Guide
- Guidelines for Responsive Web Design
- Yelp Styleguide
- Front-End Checklist
- BEM - Block Element Modifier - A methodology that helps you to create reusable components and code sharing in front‑end development.
- Google-related developer documentation - This style guide provides editorial guidelines for writing clear and consistent Google-related developer documentation.
- Microsoft + Node.js Guidelines
Node.js Style Guide - A guide for styling your Node.js / JavaScript code.
- Keep a CHANGELOG - Don't let your friends dump git logs into CHANGELOGs™.
Project Guidelines - A set of best practices for JavaScript projects. - Semantic Versioning
- Indent style
- WebAppSec/Secure Coding Guidelines
- Robot Framework User Guide
CodeQL Coding Standards
- WordPress Coding Standards
- Drupal Coding Standards
- Magento Coding Standards
- Octobercms Developer Guide
Checkstyle - Tool for checking Java source code for adherence to a Code Standard or set of validation rules. Conventional Changelog EasyCodingStandard - The Easiest Way to Use Any Coding Standard. - ESLint - The pluggable linting utility for JavaScript and JSX.
- JavaScript Standard Style - One JavaScript Style to Rule Them All.
- Laravel Pint - An opinionated PHP code style fixer for minimalists.
- North - Design and development standards to align and guide your project.
- PHP_CodeSniffer - The tool for detecting and fixing the violations of the specified standards in PHP code.
- PHP Coding Standards Fixer - The PHP Coding Standards Fixer (PHP CS Fixer) tool fixes your code to follow standards.
- RuboCop - A Ruby static code analyzer and formatter, based on the community Ruby style guide.
semantic-release ShellCheck - A shell script static analysis tool
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