diff --git a/src/content/daily-email/2023-07-27.md b/src/content/daily-email/2023-07-27.md new file mode 100644 index 00000000..29e6295d --- /dev/null +++ b/src/content/daily-email/2023-07-27.md @@ -0,0 +1,23 @@ +--- +title: > + Stick to conventions +pubDate: 2023-07-27 +permalink: > + archive/2023/07/27/stick-to-conventions +tags: + - software-development +--- + +If you're performing a task as there's already a convention on how to do it, stick to it. + +If the codebase follows a particular coding standard, use it. + +If a project uses repository classes instead of interacting directly with a database, do that with your code too. + +If you use a framework with a service container and uses dependency injection, do that instead of manually creating classes. + +If you need additional functionality for a Drupal project and there's an established and well-known module that adds it, use it. Unless it doesn't meet your needs, in which case, document why that's the case and why you used a different module or wrote a custom implementation. + +If you need to create a content listing page, use the Views module, which is a standard approach. If not, document why and then explore other solutions. + +If you don't follow a convention, it will be harder for you or others to work on it in the future.