Tag: Autoformatting
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The Evolution of Autoformatting: A Deep Dive into Best Practices and Challenges
In the world of software engineering, formatting code is an often-underestimated aspect that significantly impacts both the development process and the final product. The story of reformatting 100,000 files at Google in 2011 offers a profound insight into how autoformatting tools have evolved and shaped software development practices. Back then, tools like `gofmt` popularized the…