In my job I’m currently dealing with writing coding guides for several languages. That prompted me to sit down to do something I’ve been thinking about for quite a while: Compiling my personally preferred way of writing C++ into my very own coding guide – a.k.a. this article. The guide was written in 2019 and updated in 2023. See the changelog for details. As I see it a coding guide consists of two parts: The style guide contains rules and guidelines about formatting and naming. This pa...