Alliance Business Suite Code Style Guide 🚀

Introduction 📚

Welcome, Alliance engineers! This document outlines the code style, conventions, and guidelines for the Alliance Business Suite (ABS) engineering team. The aim is to ensure that our codebase remains clean, consistent, and easy to maintain.

Table of Contents 🗂️

  1. Introduction
  2. General Principles
  3. Naming Conventions
  4. Comments and Documentation
  5. Indentation and Spacing
  6. Code Organization
  7. Error Handling
  8. Language-Specific Guidelines
  9. Version Control
  10. Tools and Frameworks
  11. Conclusion
  12. Contributing

General Principles 🎯

  • Clarity is King: Your code should be as straightforward as possible.
  • Follow the Principle of Least Surprise: Your code should behave as other developers expect.
  • DRY (Don't Repeat Yourself): Avoid code duplication at all costs.
  • Keep it Simple: Unnecessary complexity is a no-no.
  • Cloud First, DevOps First, Mobile First: These are our guiding principles!

Naming Conventions 🏷️

Variables and Functions

  • Use camelCase for variables and function names in C# and JavaScript/TypeScript.
int counter;
void processData();

Classes and Interfaces

  • Use PascalCase for class and interface names.
public class UserProfile
{
    // Implementation here
}

Constants

  • Use UPPER_SNAKE_CASE for constants.
const int MAX_COUNT = 10;

Comments and Documentation 📝

  • Use XML comments for C# documentation to support IntelliSense.
  • For JavaScript/TypeScript, use // or /* */ based on the length and relevance of the comment.

Indentation and Spacing 📏

  • 4 spaces, not tabs. Yes, this is the way!
  • Use blank lines to separate logical code blocks.

Code Organization 🗄️

File Structure

  • One class or interface per file.
  • File names should correspond to the class or interface names.

Functions and Methods

  • Small and focused—that's how we like our functions!
  • A maximum of three parameters, unless you have an extremely good reason.

Error Handling 🛑

  • Use exceptions in C# and try...catch blocks in JavaScript/TypeScript.
try
{
    // Code here
}
catch (IOException e)
{
    // Handle the exception
}

Language-Specific Guidelines 🌐

C#

  • Use properties over public variables.
  • String interpolation is the way to go.

TypeScript/JavaScript

  • Stick to let and const.
  • Arrow functions are your friends for short expressions.

Version Control 🔄

  • Write clear commit messages.
  • For guidelines on Git Workflow and Branching Strategy, consult our internal docs.

Tools and Frameworks 🔧

Conclusion 🏁

This style guide is the holy grail for coding practices within the Alliance Business Suite. Let's stick to it to maintain a clean and efficient codebase.

For further information, check out Microsoft's C# Coding Conventions and the Airbnb JavaScript Style Guide.

Contributing 🤝

Found something amiss? Feel free to edit this document. All contributions will undergo a review for quality and coherence.

And there we have it, a comprehensive Code Style Guide tailored to the Alliance Business Suite. Happy coding, folks! 🚀