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Misha Moroshko
Misha Moroshko

Reputation: 171509

What's the proper style to indent Ruby on Rails code?

I've noticed that Ruby on Rails code has 2 spaces indentation, e.g.:

class CreateUsers < ActiveRecord::Migration
  def self.up
    create_table :users do |t|
      ...
      t.timestamps
    end
  end
  ...
end

Is this a convention to have 2 spaces ? (I've used to indent with Tab, which is usually 4 spaces.)

Bonus: Does anyone know how to change the Tab size from 4 spaces to 2 spaces in e text editor?

Upvotes: 16

Views: 10005

Answers (2)

Phrogz
Phrogz

Reputation: 303559

Yes, two spaces per indentation level is the Ruby community standard.

Upvotes: 27

Sam
Sam

Reputation: 864

Yes, I always indent 2 spaces instead of tabs. It looks a little nicer.

Rails itself uses the same convention.

Upvotes: 1

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