Chapter 2 Setting a Standard

Standards are an important concept, but achieving them is probably one of the most overlooked opportunities to improve the quality of software applications. On the surface, standards may seem like a trivial concept, but good application architecture starts with them. You often hear sports analogies about getting back to the basics; in software development these standards are the basics. This chapter covers standards and how to set the right ones for your organization or project and offers some recommendations and ideas for you to build upon with your own standards documentation.

Organizational Standards and Conventions

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