Programming conventions

Introduction

This is less of an article, more of a reference sheet to be printed out and stuck to the wall.

Hungarian Notation

"Hungarian notation" was developed by Hungarian Charles Simonyi of Microsoft ™, hence the name. Most programmers seem to stick to a flavour they like or develop a different flavour. This is a starting point for those who wish to use it. Add extra ones in the blank rows as you see fit.

Data Type	Prefix	Example
Boolean	b	bContinue
Int	n	nIndex
Short	n	nIndex
Character	c	cFirstInitial
Float	f	Percent
Double	d	dMetres
Long	l	lCarCount
String	s	sCustomerName
Null terminated String	sz	szCustomerName
Unsigned Integer (Word)	w	wCount
Unsigned long integer (DWORD)	dw	dwAtomCount
Pointer	p	pNext
Handle	h	hWnd
Function	fn	fnReport
Class	C	CParser
Class member variable	m_	m_
Array	a	aYears
Global	g_	g_szDirectory
Windows message	Msg	msgCut

You can add some of the prefixes together where they make sense.

• For example a member variable which is a null terminated string , "m_szName".
• Another might be for a global integer eg. "g_nElementCount".

Windows Resources

Resource Type	Prefix	Example
Menu Item Resource	ID_	ID_EDIT_CUT
String	IDS_	IDS_STRING1
Dialog Control	IDC_	IDC_EDITBOX
ICON	IDI_	IDI_MAINICON
Cursor	IDC_CURSOR_	IDC_CURSOR_ARROW
Dialog Box	IDD_	IDD_ABOUTBOX
Accelerator	IDR_	IDR_ACCELERATOR
Bitmap	IDB_	IDC_ARROW

Free free to email me your updates/suggestions and I will update the article as necessary.