Coding

Guidelines for code and contributing it.

C++11

Coding style

function()
{
    1st_line;
    2nd_line;
}

// if / while / for / switch
if ()
    1_line;
else if ()
    just_one_line;
else
    each_condition;

// ↑ note space between last line of conditional code, and code outside of condition
if ()
{
    1_line;
}
else if ()
{
    what_if;
    i_told_you;
}
else
{
    that_there_are;
    more_lines;
}

QObject* asterisksGoWithTheType;
uint8_t* array = new uint8_t[count];

QObject notToMentionThatWeUseCamelCase;
// “// camelCase for variables, CamelCase for classes”

E.g. https://github.com/tux3/qTox/blob/master/src/misc/flowlayout.cpp

general tips

• descriptive commit messages are a must, usually the longer the better. Only very rarely commit message is too long (something like just fix #123 is not acceptable, if you want it in your commit put it in lines below). E.g. https://github.com/tux3/qTox/commit/a8cd541cb516e6aafe01e82db28d03f0515878ed and https://github.com/tux3/qTox/commit/192f1f7d62b3a438cbdb108d03077cc3aa906562 (generally any recent commit by novist)
• … (WIP)