Adding .editorconfig file. http://editorconfig.org/

.editorconfig

@@ -0,0 +1,13 @@
+# EditorConfig is awesome: http://EditorConfig.org
+
+# top-most EditorConfig file
+root = true
+
+# The rulez. :P
+[*]
+end_of_line = lf
+insert_final_newline = true
+trim_trailing_whitespace = true
+charset = utf-8
+indent_style = space
+indent_size = 2

README.md

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 ## Coding style conventions
 
+Basic coding conventions are defined in the .editorconfig file. Download plugin for your editor of choice. http://editorconfig.org/
+
 ### General
 
-* Tabbing - 2 spaces.
-* One blank line at the end of all files.
-* No trailing spaces at the end of any line.
 * One blank line between discrete blocks of code.
 * No more than one blank line between blocks / segments of code.
 
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 ## Web resources considered for development
 *  http://matthewlehner.net/rails-api-testing-guidelines/
 *  https://github.com/joshbuddy/jsonpath
-*  http://pivotallabs.com/api-versioning/
+*  http://pivotallabs.com/api-versioning/