christopheradams
I was recently asked to step up and become the maintainer for the Elixir Style Guide. It was, I believe, the first, and is now the most popular, community-driven style guide for Elixir.
The guide aims to be very accessible and open to contributions, and if you’re willing to send us your changes and feedback, it’s a great way to give back to the Elixir community that has given us so much.
As the guide says:
Style matters. Elixir has plenty of style but like all languages it can be stifled. Don’t stifle the style.
If you have a little time please check the open issues and pull requests, and leave a comment or question. Looking forward to hearing from you!
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josevalim
Yes. The formatter appeared as an answer to style guides and is the reason why they haven’t been updated.
slouchpie
Thanks!
LostKobrakai
The topics in the sidebar here, especially the anti-patterns.
slouchpie
@josevalim Are you saying that neither style guide is relevant now?
@LostKobrakai Please provide a link. I am not sure what you mean by “the” elixir guides.
LostKobrakai
There‘s also a bunch of guidelines in the elixir guides section nowadays.
josevalim
The formatter is your style guide.
slouchpie
GitHub - lexmag/elixir-style-guide: An opinionated Elixir style guide · GitHub has not been updated for 7 years but GitHub - christopheradams/elixir_style_guide: A community driven style guide for Elixir · GitHub was updated last year.
Sorry for the mega-necro but friendly chatter at work led me to look at existing style guides. Is the 7-year old repo still considered the “closest to official”? The christopheradams one looks better to me.
christopheradams
The Elixir Style Guide has two new translations:
The Spanish translation is pretty complete and up to date, while the Portuguese one has just gotten started.
I’m sure both would be open to your contributions if you’re knowledgeable in one of these languages!
christopheradams
We now have the Elixir Style Guide translated into three languages!
christopheradams
For those looking to contribute to the Elixir Style Guide, now is a great time. We’ve marked some Help Wanted issues.
Most of these have a solution proposed that would probably be quickly reviewed/accepted. Of course all other submissions are welcome!