Coding standards question

[TonyValenti]

Both String.Empty and string.Empty both compile but is one considered "more proper" than the other? If so, which one?

[CyrusNajmabadi]

This question is out of scope for csharplang. Questions about style are inherently up to you. You can also use tools like style-cop, roslyn-analyzer, or roslyn itself to often specify which you want and have tools enforce that.

For more questions like this, i recommend using one of the discord channels (like discord.gg/csharp).

[jmarolf]

@CyrusNajmabadi is correct that Microsoft has never been very opinionated about what the preferred style for C# code is.

All that being said. The default editorconfig that is created with dotnet new editorconfig has these settings:
https://github.com/dotnet/templating/blob/0ea5134591d717f0da73c06ffc9b710c153bbc77/template_feed/Microsoft.DotNet.Common.ItemTemplates/content/EditorConfig/Dotnet/.editorconfig#L39-L40

These mean the style of string.Empty is preferred over String.Empty. That is and extremely slight preference though.

[umbarov]

this post (by @jaredpar) might give additional info about string and String https://blog.paranoidcoding.com/2019/04/08/string-vs-String-is-not-about-style.html