# Programming Guidelines Template

## Cover Page

- ``Project Name``
- `Programming Guidelines`
- `Version`1.0``

## Revision History

| Date | Version | Description | Author |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| ``dd/mmm/yy``|``x.x``|`<details>`|`<name>` |

## Ownership & Collaboration

- Document Owner: Environment Engineer
- Contributor Roles: Implementer, Integrator
- Automation Inputs: Language standards, static analysis rules
- Automation Outputs: `programming-guidelines.md` with sections 1–9

## 1 Introduction

> Outline purpose, scope, terminology, references, and organization of the programming guidelines.

### 1.1 Purpose

### 1.2 Scope

### 1.3 Definitions, Acronyms, and Abbreviations

### 1.4 References

### 1.5 Overview

## 2 Language and Framework Standards

> Enumerate supported languages, versions, frameworks, and compiler/interpreter settings.

## 3 Coding Conventions

> Provide naming conventions, formatting, documentation, and commenting rules.

## 4 Error Handling and Logging

> Describe standard patterns for exceptions, error codes, logging levels, and telemetry.

## 5 Security and Compliance Practices

> Define secure coding requirements, data protection rules, and compliance considerations.

## 6 Performance and Resource Management

> Provide guidance on performance optimization, memory management, and concurrency.

## 7 Testing Expectations

> Document unit testing standards, code coverage targets, and mocking or test harness conventions.

## 8 Code Review Checklist

> List criteria reviewers should apply to ensure adherence to these guidelines.

## 9 Tooling

> Identify IDE configurations, linters, static analyzers, formatters, and automation used to enforce guidelines.

## Appendices (Optional)

> Include snippets, templates, or references to style guides for specific languages.

## Agent Notes

- List formatting rules and static analysis configurations explicitly for agent tooling.
- Identify security and compliance requirements that code generators must respect.
- Verify the Automation Outputs entry is satisfied before signaling completion.
- Document formatting, linting, and static analysis rules for automation.
- Include security and compliance requirements code generators must follow.