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General guidance for working on Ruby on Rails applications. Use this skill when creating, extending, debugging, refactoring, testing, or reviewing a Rails app, or when the user mentions Rails, Ruby, Active Record, migrations, controllers, views, models, jobs, or tests.
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# Working on Rails applications Ruby on Rails is a mature, convention-driven web framework. Following its conventions generally produces code other Rails developers can read. ## General principles - Prefer conventional Rails solutions over bespoke ones. - Keep controllers thin and move logic into models where it belongs. - Name things clearly and consistently. - Write readable code; favour clarity over cleverness. - Follow the existing style of the surrounding codebase. - Keep methods short and focused on a single responsibility. - Handle error cases thoughtfully. - Consider performance where it matters, but do not optimise prematurely. ## Models Active Record models represent your domain. Use validations to protect data integrity and associations to express relationships. Scopes can help express common queries. ## Controllers Controllers coordinate between the request and the domain. Keep actions small. Use before_action filters for shared setup where it improves readability. ## Views Views render the response. Extract shared markup into partials. Keep logic in views to a minimum, and use helpers where it aids readability. ## Background work Long-running work belongs in a background job rather than the request cycle. Jobs should be reliable and observable. ## Testing Test the behaviour that matters. A good test suite gives you confidence to change code. Keep tests readable and focused. ## Styling Keep styling consistent across the application. Reuse existing p