Table of Contents: Programming Standard

EnergyPlus Programming Standard
- (to understand and be able to write the code)
Introduction
Reference Documents
Coding Standard
Fortran 90/95
- Fortran 90 Code
- F90/95 Language Features for Use in EnergyPlus
- Fortran 90/95 Compilers
- Beyond F90/95 Language Features for Use in EnergyPlus
Naming Conventions
- Subroutine Naming Convention
- Module and Source Code File Naming Convention
- Variable Naming Convention
Program Variables
- Variable Declarations and Usage
- Units in EnergyPlus
- Variable Initializations
- Allocation/Deallocation Variable Arrays
- Unused Variables
Module Structure and Interaction
- Module Usage in EnergyPlus
- Driver Subroutines
- Environment Flags
- User Data Interface Subroutines (Get routines)
- Initialization Subroutine(s)
- Calculation Routines and Utility Subroutines and Functions
- Update Routine(s)
- Reporting Subroutine(s)
- USE Statements in EnergyPlus
- Example of the EnergyPlus Module Structure
- Generic Subroutines and Functions
Programming Style
- Code Template
- Notes on the EnergyPlus Code Template
- Good Coding Practices
- Code Readability vs. Speed of Execution
Code Documentation
- Source Code Comments
- Engineering Documentation
External Libraries
Requirements and Responsibilities
Build System
Software Development Procedures
EnergyPlus development: step by step
Testing
Input File Documentation
Appendix A: Definitions and Notation
Appendix B: Development of the Standard
Why Standards?
What Standards?
Application of the Standard
Metrics
- Complexity Metric
  - Lines of Code per routine
Appendix C: Evolutionary Reengineering
Appendix D: EnergyPlus Variable Abbreviations

Table of Contents: Programming Standard — EnergyPlus 8.2