Writing:

• Modern Language Association - MLA

MLA gives you stylistic direction for common tasks and conventions

Author:

"Begin the entry with the author’s last name, followed by a comma and the rest of the name, as presented in the work. End this element with a period."

Example:

Katz, Eric N. Culture and Imperialism. PublishingCo, 1999.

Publication Date:

"The same source may have been published on more than one date, such as an online version of an original source. For example, a television series might have aired on a broadcast network on one date, but released on Netflix on a different date. When the source has more than one date, it is sufficient to use the date that is most relevant to your use of it.... "

Example:

“Hush.” Buffy the Vampire Slayer, created by Joss Whedon, performance by Sarah Michelle Gellar, season 4, Mutant Enemy, 1999.

How do you handle punctuation of bulleted lists in MLA?

MLA does not include documentation for this.

List of things I like:

• Dogs
• Family
• JavaScript
• CSS

• Dogs;
• Family.
• JavaScript?
• CSS!?

Does a styleguide need to cover everything?

Is standardization of conventions important in every use-case?

• Chicago Manual of Style

• APA

• McGill

Style Guides help us solve these types of discrepancies.

if( isTrue ) {
 a = 1;
}
else {
 a = 2;
}

if ( isTrue ) { 
 a = 1
} else {
 a = 2
}

a = ( isTrue ) ? 1 : 2