CODING_STANDARDS.md

title	Coding Standards

Coding Standards

& Best Practices

To maintain the high quality of this codebase, strict adherence to the following standards is required.

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1. Architecture Rules

❌ Never Import Flutter in Domain

The Domain layer must be pure Dart.

• Bad: import 'package:flutter/material.dart';
• Good: import 'package:equatable/equatable.dart';

❌ Never Import Flutter in Data (Except Models)

Keep Data sources framework-agnostic.

• Bad: debugPrint('error')
• Good: Logger.error('error') (from core/utils)

✅ Always Use fpdart for Errors

Do not throw exceptions in Use Cases or Repositories.

• Bad: Future<User> (throws exception)
• Good: Future<Either<Failure, User>>

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2. Riverpod Patterns

✅ Use Notifier / AsyncNotifier

Avoid StateProvider or ChangeNotifier for complex state.

• Why: Better testability and lifecycle management.

✅ Separate Data DI from UI State

• Data Providers: Place in features/[feature]/providers/. Define Repositories/UseCases/DataSources.
• UI Providers: Place in features/[feature]/presentation/providers/. Define Notifiers for screens.

✅ Use ref.watch in build(), ref.read in callbacks

• Watch: For values that trigger rebuilds.
• Read: For one-time actions (button clicks).

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3. Code Style

✅ Explicit Types

Always explicitly type return values and arguments.

// Bad
var x = 10;
getUser() { ... }

// Good
int x = 10;
Future<User> getUser() { ... }

✅ Trailing Commas

Always use trailing commas for better formatting.

✅ Relative Imports for Feature-Internal

Use relative imports for files inside the same feature.

import '../domain/entities/user.dart'; // Good

Use package imports for crossing feature boundaries or core.

import 'package:app/core/utils/logger.dart'; // Good

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4. Testing

✅ Mock Everything External

Use mocktail to mock Repositories when testing Use Cases, and RemoteDataSources when testing Repositories.

✅ 100% Domain Coverage

Ideally, every Use Case should have unit tests covering Success and Failure paths.

✅ Goldens for UI

Use Golden tests for complex screens to prevent visual regression.