6.1. Coding Style Specifications

TPPS usually tries to adhere to the Drupal coding style standards. We will cover some of the most important coding style standards here:

• Tabs are 2 spaces, indent using spaces not tabs.

• Lines should never end in white space.

• Starting curly braces should be on the same line as the if/for/while/etc statement, preceded by a space.

• Ending curly braces should have their own line.

• Each .php and .inc file should have a comment block describing the file. See any TPPS .php or .inc file for an example.

• Each function in a .php or .inc file should have a comment block describing the function, as well as all of the parameters, return values, and global variables that the function uses.

• Use Tripal API functions instead of Drupal API functions.

• Variable names should use snake_case.

• Function names in php should use snake_case, in JavaScript should use camelCase.