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poetgroup/poet-coding-standard
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POET CodeSniffer Standards

1.0.0(10y ago)03.7k5[2 PRs](https://github.com/POETGroup/poet-coding-standard/pulls)GPL-3.0PHPPHP >=5.4.0

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Introduction
============

[](#introduction)

This is the POET Group's coding standard. This standard is primarily focused on assisting with code reviews. For example, warning the code reviewer about potential security or performance problems.

Please visit the [coding standard documentation](POET.md) for further details.

Install
=======

[](#install)

Just add it to your project's `composer.json` file (`--dev` is optional based on your needs):

```
composer require --dev poetgroup/poet-coding-standard

```

Usage
=====

[](#usage)

The following paths may change based on how things are installed, but basically you are looking for the path to the CodeSniffer command and the path to the `moodle` directory of this project:

```
vendor/bin/phpcs --standard=POET /path/to/moodle/plugin

```

Testing
=======

[](#testing)

In order to run the unit tests, you must ensure that you install from source otherwise, testing code from PHP\_CodeSniffer would be missing. Here is an example of re-installing dependencies and running tests:

```
rm -rf vendor/
composer install --prefer-source
vendor/bin/phpunit

```

Please also know that any **new** tests added need the `@group poet` annotation added. This ensures that only tests from the `POET` standard are run.

Documenting
===========

[](#documenting)

To update the standard's documentation, use the following command:

```
vendor/bin/phpcs --standard=POET --generator=markdown > POET.md

```

License
=======

[](#license)

This project is licensed under the GNU GPL v3 or later. See the [LICENSE](LICENSE) file for details.

###  Health Score

32

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LowBetter than 69% of packages

Maintenance20

Infrequent updates — may be unmaintained

Popularity19

Limited adoption so far

Community14

Small or concentrated contributor base

Maturity64

Established project with proven stability

 Bus Factor1

Top contributor holds 52.9% of commits — single point of failure

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###  Release Activity

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Total

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Last Release

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