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Use when writing or modifying code in a Rails application. Guides agents to follow thoughtbot best practices for N+1 prevention, view layer organization, and domain modeling.
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Follow these patterns when working in Rails applications.
Follow these patterns when working in Rails applications.
self.strict_loading_by_default = true..includes(:association) or .preload(:association).:n_plus_one_only mode in development for practical DX.:log mode in production to prevent crashes.record.strict_loading!(false) in after(:build) hooks.class Article < ApplicationRecord
self.strict_loading_by_default = true
has_many :comments
belongs_to :author
end
# Controller — eager load to avoid violations
def index
@articles = Article.includes(:comments, :author).all
end
Extract view-specific formatting logic into presenter classes in app/presenters/.
class OrderPresenter
def initialize(order)
@order = order
end
def status_badge_class
case @order.status
when "paid" then "badge-success"
when "pending" then "badge-warning"
when "cancelled" then "badge-danger"
end
end
def formatted_total
"$#{'%.2f' % @order.total}"
end
end
*Service, *Manager, *Handler suffixes — these are poorly-named models.ActiveModel::Model for form objects and domain models that don't persist.# Bad
class UserCreationService
def call(params)
User.create(params)
end
end
# Good — it's a Registration, not a "service"
class Registration
include ActiveModel::Model
attr_accessor :email, :password, :company_name
validates :email, presence: true
validates :password, presence: true, length: { minimum: 8 }
def complete
return false unless valid?
create_user
send_welcome_email
true
end
private
def create_user
User.create!(email: email, password: password)
end
def send_welcome_email
RegistrationMailer.welcome(email).deliver_later
end
end
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