ruby coding guidelines?

[Stefano Zacchiroli]

Is there in the Ruby community anything like "ruby coding convention"?

Google returns two interesting links:
- http://pub.cozmixng.org/~the-rwiki/rw-cgi.rb?cmd=view;name=RubyCodingConvention
- http://www.caliban.org/ruby/rubyguide.shtml#style

Are they "authoritative" for some meaning of the word?

Many thanks in advance,
Cheers.

 

[Chris Carter]

Is there in the Ruby community anything like "ruby coding convention"?

Google returns two interesting links:
- http://pub.cozmixng.org/~the-rwiki/rw-cgi.rb?cmd=view;name=RubyCodingConvention
- http://www.caliban.org/ruby/rubyguide.shtml#style

Are they "authoritative" for some meaning of the word?

Many thanks in advance,
Cheers.

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There is no official/authoritative Style Sheet/Coding Conventions but
those two put together are what most of the community uses

 

[dblack]

Hi --

There is no official/authoritative Style Sheet/Coding Conventions but
those two put together are what most of the community uses

I'd also point to the standard library (at least most of it as a
good source of examples of traditional Ruby style.


David

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[Stefano Zacchiroli]

I'd also point to the standard library (at least most of it as a
good source of examples of traditional Ruby style.

That's indeed what I usually do, but a visible document on the net would
be far more reassuring for newbies willing to following the community
best-practices

 

[dblack]

Hi --

That's indeed what I usually do, but a visible document on the net would
be far more reassuring for newbies willing to following the community
best-practices

Like I said, "also"


David

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Q. Where can I get Ruby/Rails on-site training, consulting, coaching?
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[James Britt]

There is no official/authoritative Style Sheet/Coding Conventions but
those two put together are what most of the community uses

There is also style guide on the RubyGarden wiki
(http://www.rubygarden.org/ruby) , but the wiki doesn't seem to be
responding right now.



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