Shodown Code Style and Orientations

Code-style for showdown and related projects.

Introduction

In this file, you can check the the code styling, rules and commit message convetions for showdown and it's related projects. It's roughly based on Google JavaScript Style Guide and AngularJS Git Commit Msg Convention. Using these rules is strongly advisable when contributing to showdown projects. In this repository you can also find a .editorconfig, .jshintrc and .jscs.json file that you can use to automatically enforce these rules (if your IDE supports it).

For more information, check the editorconfig, jshint and jscs project pages.

Tabs and indentation

• DO NOT USE tab character, use spaces instead
• Tab size is 2 spaces
• Indentation is 1 tab size (2 spaces)
• Continuation indent is 1 tab size
• Multiple variable declaration MUST BE chopped and aligned (4 spaces, usually)
• Empty lines MUST not keep indents
• Blank lines CAN be added for readability
• 2 consecutive blank lines are allowed
• 'case' branches in switch statements MUST BE indented

function foo() {
  var bar = 'bar',
      baz = 1;

  if (bar === 'bar') {
    alert('something');
  }
}

Semicolons and quotation

• Statements must ALWAYS be terminated with semicolon. However, multiple variable declaration is allowed.
• Single quotes are preferred to double quotes. Exceptionally, double quotes might be used if single quotes would require escaping

var foo = 'some string',
    baz = "I'm using single quotes inside";

Spaces

Before parenthesis

• DO NOT ADD before:
  • function declaration
  • function call

function foo() {
  return 0;
}

foo();

• ADD before:
  • 'if'
  • 'for'
  • 'while'
  • 'switch'
  • 'catch'
  • in function expression

if (i > 10) {
  for (var j = 0; j < 10; j++) {
    switch (j) {
      case 0:
        value = 'zero';
        break;
      case 1:
        value = 'one';
        break;
    }
  }
}

Around operators

• ADD around:
  • assignment operators (=, +=, ...)
  • logical operators (&&, ||)
  • equality operators (==, ===, !=, !==)
  • relational operators (<, >, <=, >=)
  • bitwise operators (&, |, ^, ...)
  • additive operators (+, -) and multiplication operators (*,/,%)
  • shift operators (<<,>>,>>>, ...)

var a = 0,
    b = (i == j || j > 5),
    c = (j << 2) & 4,
    d += 1,
    e = a + d;

• DO NOT ADD around:
  • unary operators (!, -, +, ++, --)

j++;
bar = !foo;

Before left brace

• ADD before:
  • function
  • 'if'
  • 'else'
  • 'for'
  • 'while'
  • 'do'
  • 'switch'
  • 'try'
  • 'catch'
  • 'finally'

Before keywords

• ADD before:
  • 'else'
  • 'while'
  • 'catch'
  • 'finally'

var foo = function () {
  if (bar) {
    try {
      baz();
    } catch (e) {
      alert('Failure: ' + e.message);
    } finally {
      reset(a, i);
    }
  } else {
    bazinga();
  }
}

Within

• DO NOT ADD within:
  • brackets
  • object literal braces
  • function call, function declaration, 'if', 'for', 'while', 'switch' or 'catch' parentheses

In ternary operators

• ADD
  • before '?'
  • after '?'
  • before ':'
  • after ':'

var c = j > 5 ? 'GT 5' : 'LE 5';

Other

• ADD
  • after comma
  • after property name-value separator (:)
• DO NOT ADD
  • before comma
  • before semicolon
  • before property name-value separator (:)

Braces

We use egyptian braces. That means braces are ALWAYS placed at the End of Line Also, braces are required in every block elements, even if they are oneliners ('if', 'while', 'do...while', 'try...catch...finally', etc...)

Wrapping

We use a soft wrap of 120 characters long. Also:

• Comments MAY wrap at right margin
• Function declaration arguments MAY wrap if long and aligned when multiline.
• Function call arguments MAY wrap if long and aligned when multiline.
• Object literals MUST ALWAYS BE chopped
• Multiple variable declaration MUST BE chopped and aligned (4 spaces, usually)

foo(a, b, c, d); // Line comment
                 // which can be
                 // wrapped if
                 // long.
foo(a, b, c, d
    e, f, g, h, i);

function foo(a, b, c, d, bla,
             ble, bli, blu) {

}

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Commit message convention

We use the AngularJS Git Commit Msg Convention because it enables us to:

• automatically generate the changelog with pointers to the appropriate issues and commits
• simple navigatie through the git history, focusing on important things while ignoring trivial changes

Format of the commit message:

<type>(<scope>): <subject>

<body>

<footer>

Message subject (first line)

First line cannot be longer than 70 characters, second line is always blank and other lines should be wrapped at 80 characters. The type and scope should always be lowercase as shown below.

Allowed <type> values:

• feat (new feature for the user, not a new feature for build script)
• fix (bug fix for the user, not a fix to a build script)
• docs (changes to the documentation)
• style (formatting, missing semi colons, etc; no production code change)
• refactor (refactoring production code, eg. renaming a variable)
• test (adding missing tests, refactoring tests; no production code change)
• chore (updating grunt tasks etc; no production code change)

Example <scope> values:

• list-parser
• loader
• extension-registering
• showdown-options
• etc.

The <scope> can be empty (eg. if the change is a global or difficult to assign to a single component), in which case the parentheses are omitted.

Message body

• uses the imperative, present tense: “change” not “changed” nor “changes”
• includes motivation for the change and contrasts with previous behavior

For more info about message body, see:

• http://365git.tumblr.com/post/3308646748/writing-git-commit-messages
• http://tbaggery.com/2008/04/19/a-note-about-git-commit-messages.html

Message footer

Referencing issues

Closed issues should be listed on a separate line in the footer prefixed with "Closes" keyword like this:

Closes #234

or in case of multiple issues:

Closes #123, #245, #992

Breaking changes

All breaking changes have to be mentioned in footer with the description of the change, justification and migration notes.

BREAKING CHANGE:

`extension-registering` now is done throught a function call instead of assigning a property directly in the `showdown.extensions` object.

To migrate your extension, use the function showdown.registerExtension() instead.

Further reading

For more information and examples, please read the AngularJS Git Commit Msg Convention.

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