Coding Guidelines for C# (up to v14)

May 15, 2026 · View on GitHub

See the landing page at https://www.csharpcodingguidelines.com

How to create the PDFs

From the root of the repo, run:

.\build.ps1        # Windows
./build.sh         # macOS / Linux

This compiles all guideline rules into two PDF files in the Artifacts folder:

CSharpCodingGuidelines.pdf — the full guidelines document
CSharpCodingGuidelinesCheatsheet.pdf — the two-page cheat sheet

Pandoc is downloaded automatically on first run. Google Chrome must be installed for PDF rendering.

How to preview the site locally

Run the following script from the root of the repo:

.\launch-website.ps1        # Windows
./build.sh LaunchWebsite    # macOS / Linux

This installs Ruby 3.3 (if not already present), runs bundle install, and starts the Jekyll development server at http://localhost:4000. The server monitors for changes when using the --incremental flag.

Prerequisites

.NET 10 SDK
Google Chrome (for PDF generation)
Ruby 3.3 is installed automatically when launching the website locally

Troubleshooting

Do you receive an error around jekyll-remote-theme and libcurl? See this issue on the pages-gem repo.
Do you receive an error Liquid Exception: SSL_connect returned=1 errno=0 state=error: certificate verify failed? Check out this solution in the Jekyll repo.