dev 1: "Use 4 spaces."
dev 2: "2 spaces are better."
dev 3: "No, use tabs!"

1. Have code style for team
2. Hit colleagues until they follow code style
3. ????
4. PROFIT

whatever you do, don't mix and match

I have my IDE set to tab key = 4 spaces.

editorconfig allows you to enforce a coding standard which editors will format code against.

@nblackburn The problem is when the standard is not defined yet.

select arbitrary numbers per indent level. that way every one is wrong and everyone is unhappy.

@matutter4 are you from the future? Also it matters if you're in the current dev hell I'm in, where you have to read code in 3-4 different editors/text tools.

1st: edit the code on whatever ide you want
2nd: let them indent how they want
3rd: before compiling open files with notepad++ if possible
4th: install addon called Indent By Fold
5th: select option to indent file
6th: profit!! (in most languages at least... also works with html xD)

@matutter4 2017?

@joaonunes Oh god..., Notepad++

@joaonunes I am not allowed to use any of that.

@matutter4
it matters, because it's a fucking pain in the ass to have to "reformat code" on every file I open, because my coworker alternates between tabs and 6 spaces and that make his code near impossible to read

@Arjanovic well, just to indent... most IDEs have an auto indent option though...

Ah yes. Advice from the future of design. Good to know how people will feel about this subject in the future. :)

Team hard tab here

commenting just to keep track of future subject 😂😂

endless war

tabs for the win!

I'm definitely a tabs kinda guy.

Tab is for the real mens.

I vote for tabs