Place a space before and after () when used with if, for, or while.

In code, use comments to explain the “why” not the “what” or “how”.

Editorial Style Guide

2012. Microsoft Writing Style Guide. https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/style-guide/welcome/.

Enter Instructing the customer to type or otherwise insert a value, or to type or select a value in a combo box.

“Who cares? Let’s just go with the style-guide” — to which my response is that caring about the details is in the heart of much of our doings. Yes, this is not a major issue; def self.method is not even a code smell. Actually, that whole debate is on the verge of being incidental. Yet the learning process and the gained knowledge involved in understanding each choice is alone worth the discussion. Furthermore, I believe that the class << self notation echoes a better, more stable understanding of Ruby and Object Orientation in Ruby. Lastly, remember that style-guides may change or be altered (carefully, though!).

Similarly to fashion, code style reflects our credo as developers, our values and philosophy.

Yet, it certainly is important to make the proper choices when picking up style. Similarly to fashion, code style reflects our credo as developers, our values and philosophy. In order to make an informed decision, it’s mandatory to understand the issue at stake well. We all have defined class methods many times, but do we really know how do they work?

The best procedure is the one you don’t need. If the UI is crystal clear and leads the customer through a task, a procedure isn’t necessary. Start there.

I actually think this is Not Constructive, since there's no absolute rule about which pairings can be joined into a single word or hyhenated, and it's pointless having "votes" here about each specific case. Follow a style guide if you have one, or search Google Books and copy whatever the majority do. Or just make your own decision.

Include articles, such as the. Articles help readers and translation software identify the nouns and modifiers in a sentence. Examples Empty the container. The empty container

Use display as a general term for any visual output device, including the built-in display on a computing device and an external monitor or projector.

To open the document in Outline view, select View > Outline.

On the Font tab, choose the effects you want.

However, know when to be inconsistent -- sometimes style guide recommendations just aren't applicable.