Most development organizations of a significant size have some form of coding standards and best practices. Simply documenting these standards and keeping them up to date can be a significant challenge and enforcing them even harder. In this latest InfoQ article, Mark Figley, who leads the architecture group at AIG United Guaranty, writes about about how his organization has found that enforcing coding standards and best practices in an automated fashion through their build process has been highly effective.
Read Implementing Automated Governance for Coding Standards.
In the article Mark talks about how they evolved to use a server-based build process where various tools scan code for possible problems, as well as best practices for implementing an automated code governance strategy.
What tools/processes are you using for managing your coding standards?
InfoQ Homepage News Article: Implementing Automated Governance for Coding Standards