Coding Standards, Guidelines, and Best Practices

 Coding Standards, Guidelines, and Best Practices

Coding standards by msdn

http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ms184412.aspx

Quick Links:

Naming Conventions

http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ms229002.aspx

Class Design Guidelines        

http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ms229042.aspx

Best Practices   

http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ms184411.aspx

Tools

FXCop:

This is an application which analyzes managed code assemblies and reports information about the assemblies, such as possible design, localization, performance, and security improvements.

http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/bb429476(v=vs.80).aspx

Code metrics tools by visual studio gallery:

Cyclometic complexity, class depth

SPDisposeChecker: 

Analyzes memory leaks in your managed code and reports the same

http://archive.msdn.microsoft.com/SPDisposeCheck

SharePoint Code Analysis Framework (SPCAF) BETA

http://visualstudiogallery.msdn.microsoft.com/d3b2aaf7-0d6a-4995-a4e5-4153c57e3889