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XAML Standard : a set of principles that drive XAML dialect alignment
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XAML Format #231

Open omariom opened 6 years ago

omariom commented 6 years ago

If we are going to have XAML Standard, we even more need XAML Format - one and the only way to format XAML code.

Other communities have already realized that having one way to format code make code easier to author, read and support.

<XAML.Format>all the things</XAML.Format>
bartlannoeye commented 6 years ago

It's not like there's a single C# format. It's all about being flexible and each team develops its own standard. You can always use something like https://marketplace.visualstudio.com/items?itemName=NicoVermeir.XAMLStyler to enforce a certain format within your team.

omariom commented 6 years ago

I suggest having something like gofmt. Xaml is a much more simple language than Go. We shouldn't have different ways to format it.

To be honest I would prefer to have csharpfmt too.

BitBender1 commented 6 years ago

having different ways to achieve the same is not about beeing flexible but about chaos and not having a plan. arguing that "its not like theres a single c# format" is like making one flaw looking good by pointing out there are so many other design flaws as well. like with .net standard and .net-core XAML should have an identical core with additional things available just on one or another platform by adding a reference. even UWP does it that way that there is a core of features thats the same on every windows-platform and separate things that can be added for xbox,desktop,mobile,hololens

vanillajonathan commented 5 years ago

XAML is just XML, so you use any XML formatting tool to format your markup. XML doesn't have any formatting standard but 2 space indention is common.

In the XAML community, I believe one attribute per line is common too.