Brackets Coding Conventions

Brackets uses some specific coding conventions. All of the pull requests that come in should adhere to the following rules:

Basics

• Line length is 80
• Must pass JSLint

Naming and Syntax

• variable and function names must use camelCase (not under_scores)
• use $ prefixes on variables referring to jQuery objects
• use _ prefixes on private variables/methods
• classes and id's in HTML use dashes (-) not camelCase or under_scores
• use semicolons
• use single quotes, except for writing JSON

Code Structure

• Closure vars should go at the top of the code block they're scoped to
• use of Array.forEach() instead of $.each()
• 4-space indents (soft tabs)

Comments

• All comments should be C++ single line style //comment.
• Even multiline comments should use // at the start of each line
• Use C style /* comments */ for notices at the top and bottom of the file
• Annotations should use the /** annotation */
• Annotate all functions