Basic Contribution Requirements

[codeconsole]

Feature description

In the Grails Core module:

if()

occurs 1529 times vs

if (

occurs 6502 times.

In most programming languages, if is not a function; therefore, it should be formatted accordingly.

Code formatting should not be left to personal preference. Fortunately, a great deal of time and effort has been invested by others to establish good practices on how to properly format code, enhancing its readability and promoting consistency throughout the codebase.

Some good starting points are:
https://www.oracle.com/java/technologies/javase/codeconventions-contents.html (With the exception of line wrapping as screen widths have changed)

https://google.github.io/styleguide/javaguide.html](https://google.github.io/styleguide/javaguide.html

I recommend we start with consistent bracing and horizontal whitespace