CSDMS Best Practices for Software Development

CSDMS Best Practices for Software Development

In the CSDMS Integration Facility, we've been talking for a few years about creating a "best practices" document for the CSDMS community that would help members develop and maintain model code, and also provide practical advice on how to implement a BMI.

Let this be a start.

Here are two references, proposed be Scott Stewart, that may help:

• NOAA's operational code standards: http://projects.osd.noaa.gov/SPSRB/standards_software_coding.htm
• NCAR working group: http://www.cesm.ucar.edu/working_groups/Software/dev_guide/dev_guide/dev_guide.html