Ruby On Rails coding conventions, standards and best practices

1. Ruby On Rails coding conventions, standards and best practices David Paluy August 2012
2. Philosophy (from Rails) • DRY – Don't Repeat Yourself • Convention over Configuration • YAGNI - You ain't gonna need it
3. Source code Style • Two spaces, no tabs • Boolean tests: don't use “and” and “or”, always use “&&” and “| |”
4. Go Easy on the Comments • If it's obvious – don't explain it • Remove old commented code • “How to” comments
5. Camels for Classes, Snakes Everywhere Else • “Snake case”: lowercasse_words_separated_by_underscore • “Camel case”: ClassName good Class_name bad • Constants: (my own preference) ALL_UPPERCASE = true
6. Parentheses (Optional)
7. Parentheses (Do & Don't)
8. Folding Up Lines
9. Folding Up Blocks
10. if vs unless
11. while vs until
12. Use Modifier Forms
13. each, NOT for
14. In the Wild
15. Use Symbols to Stand for Something
16. Composing Methods for Humans
17. Make the code a little more articulate
18. Readable Code
19. Readable code makes your classes easier to test
20. Git the diff says what you did; your commit message should tell me why you did this
21. Summary Good code is like a good joke: It needs no explanation
22. Credentials