Define code style

[AnnaTomanek]

For CKEditor and JavaScript we have the code style defined.

We need to have this for the Java project, too, to be consistent and so that everyone could set one's IDE of choice in the same way and not mangle code formatting.

[jswiderski]

Additional things to research:

• Check whether there is some Code Formatting Standard in Java projects (or popular one)
• Check how much this standard (if it exists) is different to CKEditor Formatting Standard
• Not necessary but good to know - check if there are some advanced formatting options in Netbeans. If not perhaps some information in docs could be added.

[jswiderski]

Code should be formatted the say way as code in CKEditor - https://github.com/ckeditor/ckeditor-boilerplate/blob/master/.jscsrc.

There will be no problem with Eclipse as its code formatting plugin is very powerful. There might be a problem with NetBeans however since Eclipse Project formatting can be exported to XML file, we could try searching for some NetBeans plugin that will use that file and apply correct formatting e.g. http://plugins.netbeans.org/plugin/50877/eclipse-code-formatter-for-java.

File with Code format will be included into _dev folder which should not be included into maven build.

[jswiderski]

Plugins works great but we need to mention this in documentation thus I'm leaving it open.

First of all, you need to install the plugin (can be done through Netbeans). Second need to know how to format the code. To do that, you can:

• check the option Format on Save (Netbeans restart may be required when doing this for the first time). Formatting will take place when you save files with Ctrl+S or Save button.
• You can use Top menu - Source -> Format with Eclipse Formatter.
• Finally, you can use key shortcut but this option is the most confusing. Many users who are accustomed to e.g. Eclipse, set its key shortcuts in Netbeans. Next they are surprised that Ctrl+Shift+F does standard NB formatting instead of Eclipse formatting. This is happening because by default the Eclipse formatter doesn't map key shortcut. You need to assign your own key shortcut or reassign existing one to Eclipse formatting.