The Starting point for this blog..

This classic book is still the best out there, although it is stale, being a reflection of 2004 state of best practices. Practical Guidelines and Best Practices for Microsoft Visual Basic and Visual C# Developers (Pro-Developer) (Microsoft Press) Francesco Balena (Author), Giuseppe Dimauro (Author) Free tools such as are good artifacts but also suffer from being stale: StyleCop FXCop Commercial tools such as: Resharper CodeRush JustCode Are often excellent for detecting a lot of coding issues, especially with recommended newer styles. The coverage of issues is likely 85-90%. There's are a variety of items that they do no catch. This blog looks at issues that the above may not detect.