Redmine

h1. Coding Standards

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h2. Ruby and Rails Code

TODO: until then, follow the basic Ruby and "Rails standards":http://guides.rubyonrails.org/contributing_to_ruby_on_rails.html#follow-the-coding-conventions.

* *Views*

** use @blank? / present?@ instead of @empty? / any? / nil?@ when it doesn't affect code readability

h2. Javascript

TODO

h2. CSS

TODO

h2. Documentation

Document you methods as needed and make sure any complex code is explained (e.g. regular expression parsing).  If it can't be understood 7 days later, it won't be understood next year and will need to be rewritten.

h2. Tests

Make sure any new code is tested, especially in the Controllers and Models.  Code without tests may (and probably will) be rejected on that reason alone.  Redmine is a very complex application with a lot of authentication and authorization code, so it's vital that changes are tested fully. Please don't take any offense from this hard stance, protecting everyone's data and trust in the system is very important.

h2. Commits

Commits should be formatted as below.  If you are contributed via git, this will save the committer a bunch of time:

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Short summary of your commit, 72 characters. #nnnn

(This is optional) Longer description of the change, including a 

list of what changed if it's a major change. Limit each line to 72

characters and use basic textile (* for lists). 

Contributed by Your Name

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