What is a Coding Style?

For some people, a coding style document may be a new thing. This section is for those of you that are the lucky one in ten thousand (relevant XKCD ). For those of you that are familiar with one, but are questioning why a coding style document is a good thing to have, skip to the next section (click here to skip). If you wish to just skip straight to the content of my style, click here. For everyone else, I hope that this post helps you to understand both what a coding style document is and why having one is a good idea for many different types of projects.