how to assure my implementation is in standard form (avoid bad coding)?

Question

There are standard ways to implement most of the common funcionalities.
For example it is recommended to use String Buffers when concatenating larger Strings rather than using Concatenating operator.(which I randomly found)

Where can I find a collection of "recommendations" like this to avoid bad coding ?
There are a number of sites for "coding conversions" anyway.
(Googling didn't help.Do you have a better "search string"?)

Answer 1

With the help of John Flatness's comment ,relevant Google search string would be "best practices".
some quickly found links for Java best best practices are
javapractices.com, precisejava.com
and for C#
csharphelp.com,codeproject.com

a link about the StringBuffer

Answer 2

Have a read through...plenty of useful information. Google's coding standards for C++

Answer 3

these things vary by language; what holds true for one may not for another. you probably should be googling "code smell" rather than "coding standards".