Airbnb Style Guide PPT

The Airbnb Style Guide has nothing to do with the interior design or physical styling of a vacation rental property, and everything to do with programming and JavaScript style. In this slideshow, we will explain what style guides are and provide simple definitions of the common terms used within the Airbnb Style Guide.

1. Airbnb Style Guide:
Breaking Down the
Basics

2. What Is a Style Guide, and Why Is It Necessary?
●Style guides explain the
standards and rules for how
code should be written and
organized
●They’re necessary to make code
written by multiple developers
more consistent and easy to
understand
●Style guides also make it simple
for new developers to learn the
right way to write code

3. What Is the Airbnb Style Guide?
●Available on Github
●The Airbnb Style Guide has
guidelines and best practices
for developers to generate
high-quality code
●One of the most popular style
guides available today

4. Definitions of Basic Terms in the Airbnb Style Guide
●Codebase
○Complete collection of
source code needed to
maintain the functionality
of an application
●JavaScript
○A programming language
used to create dynamic,
interactive websites

5. Definitions of Basic Terms in the Airbnb Style Guide
●Linting
○The action performed by
a linter - inspecting code
and flagging issues
●ESLint
○A linter that helps
developers find and fix
problems in their
JavaScript code

6. Definitions of Basic Terms in the Airbnb Style Guide
●React
○A JavaScript library
meant for developers to
build interactive user
interfaces
●JSX
○Short for JavaScript XML,
JSX is a syntax extension
for JavaScript

7. Definitions of Basic Terms in the Airbnb Style Guide
●Prettier
○An opinionated code
formatter that helps maintain
proper alignment and
consistent styling
●camelCase and PascalCase
○Naming conventions;
camelCase says every word
but the first in a compound
word should be capitalized;
PascalCase says all words
should be capitalized

8. Definitions of Basic Terms in the Airbnb Style Guide
●Config file
○Short for configuration
file, an editable text file
that contains info needed
for a program to operate
successfully

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