# Defold engine code style

**URL:** <https://forum.defold.com/t/defold-engine-code-style/65398>\
**Category:** Source Code\
**Created:** [May 31, 2020, 2:20pm UTC](https://forum.defold.com/t/defold-engine-code-style/65398 "2020-05-31T14:20:33Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 2\
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**Author:** ![britzl](https://forum-defold.b-cdn.net/user_avatar/forum.defold.com/britzl/32/23_2.png) [@britzl](https://forum.defold.com/u/britzl)\
**Post date:** [May 31, 2020, 2:20pm UTC](https://forum.defold.com/t/defold-engine-code-style/65398/1 "2020-05-31T14:20:33Z")

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@JCash wrote a great blog post about the Defold engine code style:

[https://defold.com/2020/05/31/The-Defold-engine-code-style/](https://defold.com/2020/05/31/The-Defold-engine-code-style/)

It provides some much needed background and answers a lot of the questions we’ve received about the lack of modern C++ features in the Defold source code.

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**Author:** ![Jerakin](https://forum-defold.b-cdn.net/user_avatar/forum.defold.com/jerakin/32/3997_2.png) [@Jerakin](https://forum.defold.com/u/Jerakin)\
**Post date:** [May 31, 2020, 4:17pm UTC](https://forum.defold.com/t/defold-engine-code-style/65398/2 "2020-05-31T16:17:59Z")

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Great blog post! Easy to follow and very well written.