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Coding Guidelines

Andrew Chalkley edited this page Nov 18, 2015 · 23 revisions

#Coding Guidelines

Indentation

We use tabs, not spaces.

Names

  • Use PascalCase for type names
  • Use PascalCase for enum values
  • Use camelCase for function and method names
  • Use camelCase for property names and local variables
  • Use whole words in names when possible

Types

  • Do not export types or functions unless you need to share it across multiple components
  • Do not introduce new types or values to the global namespace

Comments

  • Use JSDoc style comments for functions, interfaces, enums, and classes

Strings

  • Use "double quotes" for strings shown to the user that need to be externalized (localized)
  • Use 'single quotes' otherwise
  • All strings visible to the user need to be externalized

Style

  • Use arrow functions => over anonymous function expressions
  • Only surround arrow function parameters when necessary. For example, (x) => x + x is wrong but the following are correct:
  x => x + x
  (x,y) => x + y
  <T>(x: T, y: T) => x === y
  • Always surround loop and conditional bodies with curly braces
  • Open curly braces always go on the same line as whatever necessitates them
  • Parenthesized constructs should have no surrounding whitespace. A single space follows commas, colons, and semicolons in those constructs. For example:
  for (var i = 0, n = str.length; i < 10; i++) { }
  if (x < 10) { }
  function f(x: number, y: string): void { }
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