coding-standards

# Coding Standards & Best Practices Baseline coding conventions applicable across projects. This skill is the shared floor, not the detailed framework playbook. - Use `frontend-patterns` for React, state, forms, rendering, and UI architecture. - Use `backend-patterns` or `api-design` for repository/service layers, endpoint design, validation, and server-specific concerns. - Use `rules/common/coding-style.md` when you need the shortest reusable rule layer instead of a full skill walkthrough. ## When to Activate - Starting a new project or module - Reviewing code for quality and maintainability - Refactoring existing code to follow conventions - Enforcing naming, formatting, or structural consistency - Setting up linting, formatting, or type-checking rules - Onboarding new contributors to coding conventions ## Scope Boundaries Activate this skill for: - descriptive naming - immutability defaults - readability, KISS, DRY, and YAGNI enforcement - error-handling expectations and code-smell review Do not use this skill as the primary source for: - React composition, hooks, or rendering patterns - backend architecture, API design, or database layering - domain-specific framework guidance when a narrower EGC skill already exists ## Code Quality Principles ### 1. Readability First - Code is read more than written - Clear variable and function names - Self-documenting code preferred over comments - Consistent formatting ### 2. KISS (Keep It Simple, Stupid) - Simplest solutio...