Layout conventions

Good layout uses formatting to emphasize the structure of your code and to make the code easier to read. Microsoft examples and samples conform to the following conventions:

• Use the default Code Editor settings (smart indenting, four-character indents, tabs saved as spaces). For more information, see Options, Text Editor, C#, Formatting.
• Write only one statement per line.
• Write only one declaration per line.
• If continuation lines are not indented automatically, indent them one tab stop (four spaces).
• Add at least one blank line between method definitions and property definitions.
• Use parentheses to make clauses in an expression apparent as shown in the following code.

if ((val1 > val2) && (val1 > val3)) 
{ 
    // Take appropriate action.
}