avalonia-zafiro-development

SKILL.md

Avalonia Zafiro Development

This skill defines the mandatory conventions and behavioral rules for developing cross-platform applications with Avalonia UI and the Zafiro toolkit. These rules prioritize maintainability, correctness, and a functional-reactive approach.

Core Pillars

Functional-Reactive MVVM: Pure MVVM logic using DynamicData and ReactiveUI.

Safety & Predictability: Explicit error handling with Result types and avoidance of exceptions for flow control.

Cross-Platform Excellence: Strictly Avalonia-independent ViewModels and composition-over-inheritance.

Zafiro First: Leverage existing Zafiro abstractions and helpers to avoid redundancy.

Guides

Core Technical Skills & Architecture: Fundamental skills and architectural principles.

Naming & Coding Standards: Rules for naming, fields, and error handling.

Avalonia, Zafiro & Reactive Rules: Specific guidelines for UI, Zafiro integration, and DynamicData pipelines.

Zafiro Shortcuts: Concise mappings for common Rx/Zafiro operations.

Common Patterns: Advanced patterns like RefreshableCollection and Validation.