guides

A guide for programming in style.

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Guides

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Guides for working together, getting things done, programming well, and
programming in style.

High level guidelines

  • Be consistent.
  • Don’t rewrite existing code to follow this guide.
  • Don’t violate a guideline without a good reason.
  • A reason is good when you can convince a teammate.

A note on the language

  • “Avoid” means don’t do it unless you have good reason.
  • “Don’t” means there’s never a good reason.
  • “Prefer” indicates a better option and its alternative to watch out for.
  • “Use” is a positive instruction.

Guides by category

Collaboration

Protocols

Languages

Frameworks and platforms

Tools

Contributing

Please read the contribution guidelines before submitting a
pull request.

In particular: if you have commit access, please don’t merge changes without
waiting a week for everybody to leave feedback
.

Credits

Thank you,
contributors!

License

Guides is © 2020-2024 thoughtbot, inc. It is distributed under the Creative Commons
Attribution License
.

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