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claude-engineering-plugin/plugins/compound-engineering/skills/dhh-rails-style/references/frontend.md
Kieran Klaassen 4fb831ac85 feat(skills): Add dhh-rails-style skill for 37signals Rails conventions
Router-pattern skill with sectioned references:
- controllers.md: REST mapping, concerns, Turbo, API patterns
- models.md: Concerns, state records, callbacks, scopes
- frontend.md: Turbo, Stimulus, CSS architecture
- architecture.md: Routing, auth, jobs, caching, config
- gems.md: What they use vs avoid, decision framework

Based on analysis of Fizzy (Campfire) codebase.

🤖 Generated with [Claude Code](https://claude.com/claude-code)

Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.5 <noreply@anthropic.com>
2025-12-15 14:30:17 -08:00

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Frontend - DHH Rails Style

<turbo_patterns>

Turbo Patterns

Turbo Streams for partial updates:

<%# app/views/cards/closures/create.turbo_stream.erb %>
<%= turbo_stream.replace @card %>

Morphing for complex updates:

render turbo_stream: turbo_stream.morph(@card)

Fragment caching with cached: true:

<%= render partial: "card", collection: @cards, cached: true %>

No ViewComponents - standard partials work fine. </turbo_patterns>

<stimulus_controllers>

Stimulus Controllers

52 controllers in Fizzy, split 62% reusable, 38% domain-specific.

Characteristics:

  • Single responsibility per controller
  • Configuration via values/classes
  • Events for communication
  • Private methods with #
  • Most under 50 lines

Examples:

// copy-to-clipboard (25 lines)
import { Controller } from "@hotwired/stimulus"

export default class extends Controller {
  static values = { content: String }

  copy() {
    navigator.clipboard.writeText(this.contentValue)
    this.#showFeedback()
  }

  #showFeedback() {
    this.element.classList.add("copied")
    setTimeout(() => this.element.classList.remove("copied"), 1500)
  }
}
// auto-click (7 lines)
import { Controller } from "@hotwired/stimulus"

export default class extends Controller {
  connect() {
    this.element.click()
  }
}
// toggle-class (31 lines)
import { Controller } from "@hotwired/stimulus"

export default class extends Controller {
  static classes = ["toggle"]
  static values = { open: { type: Boolean, default: false } }

  toggle() {
    this.openValue = !this.openValue
  }

  openValueChanged() {
    this.element.classList.toggle(this.toggleClass, this.openValue)
  }
}
// dialog (64 lines) - for modal dialogs
// local-save (59 lines) - localStorage persistence
// drag-and-drop (150 lines) - the largest, still reasonable

</stimulus_controllers>

<css_architecture>

CSS Architecture

Vanilla CSS with modern features, no preprocessors.

CSS @layer for cascade control:

@layer reset, base, components, modules, utilities;

@layer reset {
  *, *::before, *::after { box-sizing: border-box; }
}

@layer base {
  body { font-family: var(--font-sans); }
}

@layer components {
  .btn { /* button styles */ }
}

@layer modules {
  .card { /* card module styles */ }
}

@layer utilities {
  .hidden { display: none; }
}

OKLCH color system for perceptual uniformity:

:root {
  --color-primary: oklch(60% 0.15 250);
  --color-success: oklch(65% 0.2 145);
  --color-warning: oklch(75% 0.15 85);
  --color-danger: oklch(55% 0.2 25);
}

Dark mode via CSS variables:

:root {
  --bg: oklch(98% 0 0);
  --text: oklch(20% 0 0);
}

@media (prefers-color-scheme: dark) {
  :root {
    --bg: oklch(15% 0 0);
    --text: oklch(90% 0 0);
  }
}

Native CSS nesting:

.card {
  padding: var(--space-4);

  & .title {
    font-weight: bold;
  }

  &:hover {
    background: var(--bg-hover);
  }
}

~60 minimal utilities vs Tailwind's hundreds.

Modern features used:

  • @starting-style for enter animations
  • color-mix() for color manipulation
  • :has() for parent selection
  • Logical properties (margin-inline, padding-block)
  • Container queries </css_architecture>

<view_patterns>

View Patterns

Standard partials - no ViewComponents:

<%# app/views/cards/_card.html.erb %>
<article id="<%= dom_id(card) %>" class="card">
  <%= render "cards/header", card: card %>
  <%= render "cards/body", card: card %>
  <%= render "cards/footer", card: card %>
</article>

Fragment caching:

<% cache card do %>
  <%= render "cards/card", card: card %>
<% end %>

Collection caching:

<%= render partial: "card", collection: @cards, cached: true %>

Simple component naming - no strict BEM:

.card { }
.card .title { }
.card .actions { }
.card.golden { }
.card.closed { }

</view_patterns>