From: Jim Weirich <jweirich@...>
Date: 2003-03-29T10:20:10+09:00
Subject: Re: Coding Standards

On Fri, 2003-03-28 at 16:00, Mark Probert wrote:
> 
> Hello, rubyists.
> 
> I am attempting to get a fairly major Ruby project off the ground
> here at work.  Being the good software engineer (and project manager ;-)
> I would like to have a formal coding standard in place.
> 
> Does anyone have such a beast for Ruby they are prepared to share?

Two pieces of advice ...

(1) Keep it short.  No more than page or two.
(2) Get buy-in from the team.  Have them help decide what gets put in
    the rules.

Good luck with your project!

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