Planning And Building

Planning and Building

Before You Build

1. Learn first - Study the codebase before implementing. Search for similar functionality to understand how problems are typically solved in this project.
2. Verify approach - Search for relevant code to confirm your approach matches existing patterns. Don't assume—verify with existing code.
3. Consider improvements - Consider if there's a better solution than what was described.

Correctness

• It is very important that changes are correct.
• Double check requirements as needed.
• Double check language or framework documentation to verify the accuracy of your solution.

Code Principles

• Simplicity above all - Write simple, readable, maintainable code. When in doubt, choose the more obvious approach.
• Single responsibility - One purpose per method and class
• No premature abstractions - Wait until patterns emerge
• Clear intent over clever code - Be boring and obvious