On Thu, May 30, 2013 at 9:22 PM, Goktug Gokdogan <[email protected]> wrote:

> We currently have a coding style guide for GWT-SDK here:
>   https://developers.google.com/web-toolkit/makinggwtbetter#codestyle
> The guide has some enforcements like static/non-static + alphabetical
> ordering. Alphabetical ordering is as good as no ordering in many cases and
> these rules are already broken in many places.
>
> I propose following Guava and many other java libs and just enforce
> logical ordering during code reviews (which is also internal recommendation
> at Google). One good approach for logical order is to group related public
> APIs and then slot in other methods and nested-classes to keep them close
> to the related context. This usually helps to follow the code with less
> jumps around the class.
>
> Anyway, I know this can quickly turn into a bikeshed discussion so please
> try to resist the urge to oppose unless you have a big concern =)
>

I have worked in the GWT codebase for years, and in others that didn't have
as strict style/order guidelines, and I have to say I *greatly* prefer
working in the current code. Even with IDEs letting you find members more
easily, I still really miss having ordered method names when I work in code
that doesn't have it.

-- 
John A. Tamplin

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