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General Application Development Standards
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Zihlu Wang real@zihluwang.me

Introduction

This document outlines coding standards and best practices for application development. Adhering to these guidelines ensures code quality, maintainability, and consistency across all projects.

General Principles

  • Clarity & Readability: Code must be easy to read and understand. Prefer clear, self-documenting code over clever, terse, but obscure solutions.
  • Consistency: Maintain a consistent coding style, naming conventions, and architectural patterns across the project.
  • Modularity: Design components with loose coupling and high cohesion to promote reusability and simpler testing.
  • Testability: Write code that is inherently testable.
  • Security-First Design: Incorporate security considerations at every stage of development.
  • Performance Awareness: Be mindful of performance implications for critical code paths and API endpoints.