Intro to Style Guides (Activity)

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|'''Overview''' ||  In this activity you will learn about why we need a style guide for team-based projects and compare style guides for a various projects.  Based on this experience, you will develop a style guide for your team.
 
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|'''Learning Objectives''' || Upon completion of this activity, you will be able to:
 
  
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- Develop a style guide for a project.
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The Need for Style Guides
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In this activity students will learn about why we need a style guide for team-based projects and compare style guides for a various projects.  Based on this experience, students will develop a style guide for their team.
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Knowledge of basic regular expressions is helpful to understand the checkstyle documentation.
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* Explain how a style guide contributes to a team project.
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* Develop a style guide for a project.
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=== Background ===
  
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Working by themselves on small projects convinces students that coding style his little relevance.  As they begin work on HFOSS projects, they need to begin to build an appreciation for the place of a standardized coding style. 
  
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This topic is an opportunity for active debate about coding style, but is also a lesson in the need for accepting standards - even if they are not your preference.
  
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=== Directions ===
  
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=== Assessment: ===
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The following activities should be completed by the student before coming to class:
  
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=== Comments: ===
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* (30 minutes) This article talks about the need for a coding standard
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** http://www.smashingmagazine.com/2012/10/25/why-coding-style-matters/
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* (60 minutes) In this video, Crockford uses JavaScript to illustrate key ideas about programming style
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** https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_EANG8ZZbRs
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* (30 minutes) Read about the Google Style Guide
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** https://google-styleguide.googlecode.com/svn/trunk/javaguide.html
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* (optional 15 minutes) Read this article about style versus standards
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** http://www.jrtwine.com/Articles/CodingStyles/CStyle1.htm
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* (90 minutes) Checkstyle (http://checkstyle.sourceforge.net/) is one of a number of static analysis tools that provides a measure of the health of a codebase.
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** Read the ~150 items checked, and determine if each should be included or excluded from the standards for your group project.  For each item included, state appropriate parameters.
  
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* Some checkstyle items are controversial, providing an opportunity for lively debate.  See items in the following categories
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** Metrics: http://checkstyle.sourceforge.net/config_metrics.html
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** Size Violations: http://checkstyle.sourceforge.net/config_sizes.html
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** Coding: http://checkstyle.sourceforge.net/config_coding.html
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* Have students work in their groups to compare their assessment of the checkstyle items.  Each group should develop a single style for their work.
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(optional) Install checkstyle for your favorite IDE:
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* http://checkstyle.sourceforge.net/index.html#Related_Tools
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(optional) Add checkstyle to your build (ant, maven, etc.)
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* ant: http://checkstyle.sourceforge.net/anttask.html
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* maven: https://maven.apache.org/plugins/maven-checkstyle-plugin/
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* gradle: https://docs.gradle.org/current/userguide/checkstyle_plugin.html
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=== Deliverables ===
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* A list of questions to answer as the student is reading the articles / watching the video
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* A journal assignment (informal writing) where students respond to the arguments in the article / video
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* Use the Google and/or Sun checkstyle files to see how well student's existing code meets the style
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** Google style file: http://checkstyle.sourceforge.net/google_style.html
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** Sun style file: http://checkstyle.sourceforge.net/sun_style.html
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=== Assessment ===
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TBD
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SE - Software Engineering
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SE/Software Process, SE/Tools and Environments,
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medium (because of the time required)
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2.5 hours preparing plus one class session
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Internet access, Java IDE
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Ben Coleman
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{{License CC BY SA}}
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=== Suggestions for the Open Source Project: ===
 
=== Suggestions for the Open Source Project: ===
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Suggestions for an open source community member who is working in conjunction with the instructor.
  
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[http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/ Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International License]
 
  
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Latest revision as of 18:45, 8 March 2017


Title

The Need for Style Guides

Overview

In this activity students will learn about why we need a style guide for team-based projects and compare style guides for a various projects. Based on this experience, students will develop a style guide for their team.

Prerequisites

Knowledge of basic regular expressions is helpful to understand the checkstyle documentation.

Learning
Objectives 		After successfully completing this activity, the learner should be able to:
  • Explain how a style guide contributes to a team project.
  • Develop a style guide for a project.
Process Skills
Practiced


Background

Working by themselves on small projects convinces students that coding style his little relevance. As they begin work on HFOSS projects, they need to begin to build an appreciation for the place of a standardized coding style.

This topic is an opportunity for active debate about coding style, but is also a lesson in the need for accepting standards - even if they are not your preference.

Directions

The following activities should be completed by the student before coming to class:

Ideas for in-class activities:

  • Have students work in their groups to compare their assessment of the checkstyle items. Each group should develop a single style for their work.

(optional) Install checkstyle for your favorite IDE:

(optional) Add checkstyle to your build (ant, maven, etc.)

Deliverables

Ideas for assignments:

Assessment

TBD

ACM BoK
Area & Unit(s)

SE - Software Engineering

ACM BoK
Topic(s)

SE/Software Process, SE/Tools and Environments,

Difficulty

medium (because of the time required)

Estimated Time
to Complete

2.5 hours preparing plus one class session

Environment /
Materials

Internet access, Java IDE

Author(s)

Ben Coleman

Source
License

This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International License

CC license.png


Suggestions for the Open Source Project:

Suggestions for an open source community member who is working in conjunction with the instructor.

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