Coding Guidelines

This checklist should be used when contributing code to the Flex SDK:

• Architecture: Does the code follow the broader architectural design?

• API: Is the API consistent?

• Code format and convention: Does the code follow standard formatting and code conventions?

• Use Cases: Does the code handle all use cases?

• ASDoc: Do we need to add ASDoc comments?

• Readability: Is the code understandable/maintainable? Would more comments help?

• Duplication: Are we duplicating code that could be combined?

• Backward compatibility: Does the code break backward compatibility?

• Performance: Does the code minimize memory, swf size, and runtime performance impact?

• Dependencies: Do the changes introduce undesirable dependencies or layer violations (e.g. link in unnecessary classes into base classes, etc.)?

• Security: Does the code raise any security issues?