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+# Common Style
+
+This is a working repository for our style guides. The styleguide for each language/environment will be stored in its own markdown file.
+
+[CSS](https://github.com/commonmedia/styleguide/blob/master/css.md)
+[HTML](https://github.com/commonmedia/styleguide/blob/master/html.md)
+[JavaScript](https://github.com/commonmedia/styleguide/blob/master/javascript.md)
+[PHP](https://github.com/commonmedia/styleguide/blob/master/php.md)
+[Ruby](https://github.com/commonmedia/styleguide/blob/master/ruby.md)
+
+# Common Inspiration
+* [https://github.com/styleguide/ruby](https://github.com/styleguide/ruby)
+* [https://github.com/bbatsov/rails-style-guide](https://github.com/bbatsov/rails-style-guide)
+* [https://github.com/lumoslabs/rails-style-guide](https://github.com/lumoslabs/rails-style-guide)
+
+# Common Contribution
+
+Nothing written in this guide is set in stone. Feel free to send pull requests with improvements, or request/suggest changes by submitting [Issues](https://github.com/commonmedia/styleguide/issues). Thanks in advance for your help!
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+# Developing Rails applications
+
+## Coding Style
+* Use soft-tabs with a two space indent.
+* Never leave trailing whitespace.
+* Use spaces around operators, after commas, colons and semicolons, around { and before }.
+  ```
+  sum = 1 + 2
+  a, b = 1, 2
+  1 > 2 ? true : false; puts 'Hi'
+  [1, 2, 3].each { |e| puts e }
+  ```
+
+* No spaces after (, [ or before ], ).
+  ```
+  some(arg).other
+  [1, 2, 3].length
+  ```
+
+* Use empty lines between defs and to break up a method into logical paragraphs.
+
+  ```
+  def some_method
+    data = initialize(options)
+    data.manipulate!
+    data.result
+  end
+  
+  def some_method
+    result
+  end
+  ```