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Code style, logging, and testing conventions for SkillHub backend (Java) and frontend (TypeScript). Use when writing or reviewing code.

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Code Conventions Skill

Java / Backend Conventions

User Identity Type

User identity is always String throughout the codebase. This covers:

  • Authentication and authorization
  • API parameters and responses
  • Permission checks
  • Audit logs
  • Resource owner, creator, reviewer, actor, submittedBy fields

Never introduce int, long, or bigint as user identifiers. The platform needs to support external SSO/OIDC/SCIM identity sources whose UIDs are typically stable strings.

Exception Handling

  • Use LocalizedDomainException for user-facing error messages (supports i18n)
  • Use DomainBadRequestException for invalid client input
  • Use DomainNotFoundException for missing resources
  • Use DomainForbiddenException for authorization failures
  • Exception classes live in skillhub-domain/shared/exception/

Domain Services

  • Return domain objects, not DTOs
  • Contain business rules and state transitions
  • Use domain events for cross-cutting side effects (publishing, notifications)
  • Located in domain/{submodule}/service/

Controllers

  • Transport only: extract auth context, bind request params, wrap responses
  • No business logic in controllers
  • Located in com.iflytek.skillhub.controller/

Query Repositories

  • Handle read-model joins and presentation projection
  • Return DTOs or presentation models
  • Located in com.iflytek.skillhub.repository/
  • Named like *QueryRepository (e.g., GovernanceQueryRepository, MySkillQueryRepository)

App Services

  • Workflow orchestration: coordinate domain services and query repositories
  • Should express "what this endpoint does", not "how it assembles DTOs"
  • Located in com.iflytek.skillhub.service/

Logging

  • Use SLF4J with structured logging
  • Use MDC for request tracing
  • Log at appropriate levels: INFO for business events, DEBUG for troubleshooting, ERROR for failures

TypeScript / Frontend Conventions

Type Safety

  • Strict TypeScript mode. No any types.
  • Use generated OpenAPI types from web/src/api/generated/schema.d.ts for all API interactions.
  • Additional types in web/src/types/

Data Fetching

  • Always use TanStack Query (@tanstack/react-query) for server state
  • Never use useEffect for data fetching
  • Use openapi-fetch client for type-safe API calls

Component Composition

  • Radix UI primitives: @radix-ui/react-dropdown-menu, @radix-ui/react-select
  • class-variance-authority (cva) for component variants
  • clsx + tailwind-merge for class merging
  • cn() utility: web/src/shared/lib/utils.ts
  • shadcn/ui is NOT used as a library

State Management

  • TanStack Query for server state (API data, caching, invalidation)
  • Zustand for local/UI state (theme, sidebar, modals, form state)

Feature-Sliced Design

LayerPathPurpose
Pagesweb/src/pages/Route-level page components
Featuresweb/src/features/Self-contained business features
Entitiesweb/src/entities/Domain entity display logic
Sharedweb/src/shared/Reusable UI components, hooks, utilities

Place code at the lowest appropriate layer. Do not put page-level logic in shared.

Styling

  • Tailwind CSS for all styling
  • Follow existing component patterns
  • Use cn() for conditional class merging

Internationalization

  • Use i18next + react-i18next
  • All user-facing text must be translatable
  • Translation keys in web/src/i18n/

Testing Philosophy

Backend

  • JUnit 5 + Mockito + AssertJ
  • Use Spring Boot test slices where possible (@WebMvcTest, @DataJpaTest)
  • Test behaviors, not implementations
  • Use make test-backend-app (includes -am for dependent modules)
  • Never run ./mvnw -pl skillhub-app clean test directly — stale Maven cache causes misleading errors

Frontend

  • Vitest for unit tests
  • Playwright for E2E tests
  • Test component behavior and user interactions

Common Pitfalls

  • Maven multi-module: Always use -am flag or Makefile targets to include dependent modules
  • OpenAPI types: Must regenerate and commit after API contract changes
  • String identity: Never use numeric types for user identifiers
  • Controller business logic: Move to domain service or app service
  • Complex read-models in app service: Extract to query repository