programming guidelines
nounUK /ˈprəʊ.ɡræm.ɪŋ ˈɡaɪd.laɪnz/
US /ˈproʊ.ɡræm.ɪŋ ˈɡaɪd.laɪnz/
Rules that help people write computer programs the right way.
The team followed the programming guidelines to keep their code clean and easy to read.
OTHER MEANINGS
2. A set of rules for how a specific project's code should be organized.
The new project's programming guidelines require every function to have a comment.
3. Advice from a company about how to write safe and secure software.
The company's programming guidelines say never to store passwords in plain text.
4. A checklist used to check that code is correct before it is shared.
Before submitting her work, she checked it against the programming guidelines.