Writing conventions for ASP.NET controls

Question

When you drag a control from Toolbox to a Web Form Visual Studio automatically adds an ID to this control consisting of its type with uppercase first letter and a number.

This is the same pattern used in VB.NET projects with Windows Forms, but when you are using C# with Windows Forms Visual Studio places the first lowercase letter and the same occurs in that standard (Hungarian notation) widely used which is to abbreviate the type (eg. in C#: txt, btn, cmb, etc).

So why is it that when I’m doing an ASP.NET project using C# the default is VB.NET? Is there a writing convention for ASP.NET controls? Which is the most used by professionals in the field?

Answer 1

Is there any writing convention for ASP.NET controls?

Microsoft has a writing convention for its languages.

• Naming Guidelines - . NET Framework 4.5

This documentation recommends:

• Use Pascalcasing for all public names consisting of multiple members' words, types and namespace.
• Use camelCasing for parameter names.

Answer 2

Just for the record, there is a very interesting document developed by the dotnetspider, based on Microsoft recommendations and community contributions. http://www.dotnetspider.com/tutorials/bestpractices.aspx