Programming standards???

[Nac]

When computer people say 'programming standards' What do they mean by that?
and also they say standards slow them down. ???

Sorry this question is a little silly but I just want to understand what my friends were saying.

Any helpwill be greatly appreciated!!

Thanks, Nac

[Force Flow]

One interpretation can imply code quaility. Some code is really good (clean and efficient), some is passable (it works, but it could be better), and some is downright ugly (it more or less works by some miracle).

Another interpretation can be specific programming guidelines, such as defined by the IEEE or W3C.

[Zick Boy]

Also they could mean 508 compliance.

[mairving]

Generally it is just a consistent way of doing things with the primary objective to make your code readable by someone other than themselves and by themselves when they are several months out of the code and have to go back and remember what they did.

[Nac]

Thank you for your help!!
I researched on this on my own last night.
But I could not come up with a great summary like you guys have.

I have just started to learn many things about computer. and I am actually pretty confused where to start from.

If you guys have a good idea on this too, please let me know!!

Thanks a lot guys!!

Nac

[mairving]

It's really just like any other standards. Take a wiring standard for instance. You could use the green wire for the hot, a black for the neutral and a white for the ground. Wiring standards tell you not to do this because someone will have to spend time trying to figure this out later and someone could get hurt. Essentially the same thing with programming. While no one will get hurt (someone may want to hurt you for writing some poor code) it sure makes it easier in the long run. A lot of people won't follow standards because they can code quicker without indents and comments.

[Darth Revan]

Originally Posted by mairving It's really just like any other standards. Take a wiring standard for instance. You could use the green wire for the hot, a black for the neutral and a white for the ground.

Kinda off topic but when we wired the bard in the backyard I swear Green was the ground...

[mairving]

Originally Posted by Darth Revan Kinda off topic but when we wired the bard in the backyard I swear Green was the ground...

Green is the ground. What I was making a point of is that it will work with something other than having green as the ground. It will just give you some unexpected and perhaps shocking results.

[Force Flow]

Are the standards for electronic wiring and housing wiring different? I've always used black as ground as well. If you think about a standard molex connection, the red and yellow are hot, and the black wires are ground.

[Darth Revan]

Heh, Yay for set standards...

[Force Flow]

It might be different between AC and DC power.