====== My Coding Style ======

My coding style tries to minimize complexity. The main motivation is that well-styled programs are easier to understand and are more extensible.

===== All-Languages =====

  * Minimize horizontal complexity, that is, the depth of nesting of control structures, as well as the total line length. No line of code should extend past 100 characters.
  * Minimize vertical complexity, that is, the code length in lines. If you have many lines of code, you may want to consider splitting into multiple units.
  * Minimize the number of parameters. Consider using a structure to pass the information
  * Minimize the number of looping blocks, the number of contained instructions, and the number of nested levels
  * Minimize the number of consecutive conditionals 
  * Variables
    - Minimize the number of variables, mostly by inlining variables which are used only once
    - Minimize the visibility of variables and other identifiers by defining them at the smallest possible scope which also minimizes the variable life time.
    - Minimize the accessibility of variables, by preferring private variables
    - Minimize variable name length, but do use complete words and not acronyms. Acronyms are acceptable only when generally accepted by the industry
    - Minimize the use of arrays by replacing them with collections provided by standard and of-the-shelf libraries.

  * Control
    - Minimize the use of conditionals by using specialized constructs such as [[http://ssdl-wiki.cs.technion.ac.il/wiki/index.php/Ternarization|ternarization]] and inheritance.
    - Simplify conditionals with early returns
    - Simplify logic of iterations with early exits (return, break, continue)



===== C# =====
For C# language, I have standardized on the Microsoft Coding Standard with one exception. I use the new Code Analysis feature in Visual Studio, Microsoft StyleCop 4.4, and Microsoft FxCop 10.0. Most of my project code either belong to my employer or the client, so I turn off SA1633, SA1634, SA1635, SA1637, SA1638, SA1639, and SA1640. Each of these rules deal with the a "properly formatted file header" containing copyright, file name, summary and company text. I sometimes ignore the Strong-Name and Globalization rules if the project will not be used outside of the en-us locale.


===== Python =====

===== Bash =====

===== PHP =====

===== Java =====