Ruby on Rails Best Practices

Architecture patterns and coding conventions extracted from Basecamp's production Rails applications (Fizzy and Campfire). Contains 16 rules across 6 categories focused on code organization, maintainability, and following "The Rails Way" with Basecamp's refinements.

When to Apply

Reference these guidelines when:

• Organizing models, concerns, and controllers
• Writing background jobs
• Implementing real-time features with Turbo Streams
• Deciding where code should live
• Writing tests for Rails applications
• Reviewing Rails code for architectural consistency

Rules Summary

Model Organization (HIGH)