Here are some useful links that tackle programming guidelines on C# and VB.NET.
VB.NET Coding Guidelines by Cory Smithhttp://addressof.com/blog/articles/CodingGuidelines.aspx
VB.NEt Coding Guidelines by Daniel Mothhttp://www.danielmoth.com/Blog/2004/09/vb-rules-net-way.html
VB.NET Coding Guidelines by GotDotNet.comhttp://www.gotdotnet.com/team/vb/VBSampleGuidelines.htm
C# Coding Guidelines by Brad Adamshttp://blogs.msdn.com/brada/articles/361363.aspx
C# Coding Guidelines by Joval Lowyhttp://www.idesign.net/idesign/download/IDesign%20CSharp%20Coding%20Standard.zip
C# Coding Guidelines by Salman Ahmnedhttp://www.csharpfriends.com/Articles/getArticle.aspx?articleID=336
C# Coding Guidelines by Vic Hartog and Dennis Doomenhttp://www.tiobe.com/standards/gemrcsharpcs.pdf
C# Coding Guidelines by Lance Hunthttp://home.comcast.net/~lancehunt/CSharp_Coding_Standards.pdf
C# Coding Guidelines by Vizualize.uk.comhttp://www.visualize.uk.com/resources/asp-net-standards.asp
C# Coding Guidelines by Koen Muilwijkhttp://www.students.cs.uu.nl/people/pmuilwij/coding/Coding%20guidelines.html
C# Architechture Design Guidelines from icsharpcodehttp://www.icsharpcode.net/TechNotes/
C# Coding Guidelines by Mark Wagnerhttp://blogs.crsw.com/mark/category/45.aspx
Microsoft: Secure Coding Guidelines for the .NET Frameworkhttp://msdn.microsoft.com/library/default.asp?url=/library/en-us/dnnetsec/html/seccodeguide.asp
Microsoft: Secure ADO.NET Coding Guidelineshttp://msdn.microsoft.com/library/default.asp?url=/library/en-us/cpguide/html/cpconsecureadonetcodingguidelines.asp
Microsoft: Naming Convention Guidelineshttp://msdn.microsoft.com/library/default.asp?url=/library/en-us/cpgenref/html/cpconnamingguidelines.asp
Microsoft: Design Guidelines for Class Library Developershttp://msdn.microsoft.com/library/default.asp?url=/library/en-us/cpgenref/html/cpconNETFrameworkDesignGuidelines.asp
Microsoft: Webcast on Modern Application Design and Conceptshttp://www.microsoft.com/events/series/modernsoftdev.mspx
Microsoft: Patterns and Practiceshttp://www.msdn.microsoft.com/practices/GetStarted/
Set of Coding Standards from SSWhttp://www.ssw.com.au/SSW/Standards/Default.aspx
.NET Programming Standards and Naming Conventions from IrritatedVowelURL:http://www.irritatedvowel.com/Programming/Standards.aspx
Coding Standards for Visual Studio .NET By Dan Petithttp://www.flexisoftsolutions.com/NewsPressReleases/CodingStandardsWhitepaper.aspx
Hungarian for .NET Programs By Paul Yao and David Duranthttp://www.paulyao.com/cfbook/AppA_HungarianForDotNETPrograms.pdf
Mono Coding Guidelineshttp://www.mono-project.com/Coding_Guidelines
T-SQL Coding Standardshttp://msdn.microsoft.com/sql/default.aspx?pull=/library/en-us/dnsqlpro04/html/sp04l9.asp
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