Writing scripts

• Style guide
  • Introduction
  • Naming Conventions
  • Script organization
    • <license>
    • <version>
    • <declaration_statement>
    • <import_statements>
    • <constant_declarations>
    • <inputs>
    • <function_declarations>
    • <calculations>
    • <strategy_calls>
    • <visuals>
    • <alerts>
  • Spacing
  • Line wrapping
  • Vertical alignment
  • Explicit typing
• Debugging
  • Introduction
  • The lay of the land
  • Displaying numeric values
    • When the script’s scale is unimportant
    • When the script’s scale must be preserved
  • Displaying strings
    • Labels on each bar
    • Labels on last bar
  • Debugging conditions
    • Single conditions
    • Compound conditions
  • Debugging from inside functions
  • Debugging from inside `for` loops
    • Extracting a single value
    • Using lines and labels
    • Extracting multiple values
  • Tips
• Publishing scripts
  • Script visibility and access
    • When you publish a script
    • Visibility
    • Access
  • Preparing a publication
  • Publishing a script
  • Updating a publication
• Limitations
  • Introduction
  • Time
    • Script compilation
    • Script execution
    • Loop execution
  • Chart visuals
    • Plot limits
    • Line, box, and label limits
    • Table limits
  • `request.*()` calls
    • Number of calls
    • Intrabars
    • Tuple element limit
  • Script size and memory
    • Compiled tokens
    • Local blocks
    • Variables
    • Arrays and matrices
  • Other limitations
    • Maximum bars back
    • Maximum bars forward
    • Chart bars
    • Trade orders in backtesting