I think the best conventions to use are the ones normally used in C/C++.
Variable names are such...
thisIsAVariable = 255;
Functions are...
ThisIsAFunction ();
Tabs and spaces should be used (I think normally a tab is eight spaces, but don't quote me on that) for ease of reading. For instance...
Code:
ThisIsAFunction ()
{
a = 0;
b = 255;
c = b - a;
return c;
}
Something like that, which everyone should be used to be now, at least if they've taken any introductory course on C/C++ or Java.
If we want to add our own conventions, you have to set rather strict standards, and set them in the next 4 days, otherwise it'll be too late, because as soon as people start coding for the robot, they won't want to go in and change tiny things like making stuff all capitals, cause that's just annoying (even with the searc/replace features in most text editors).
Just make sure there's not too many little things to follow, otherwise it just gets annoying enough that no one will follow it. Holding down the shift key while typing half your program will get rather tedious
.