ruby-patterns

Ruby Patterns Skill

Tier 1: Quick Reference - Common Idioms

Conditional Assignment

# Set if nil
value ||= default_value

# Set if falsy (nil or false)
value = value || default_value

# Safe navigation
user&.profile&.avatar&.url

Array and Hash Shortcuts

# Array creation
%w[apple banana orange]  # ["apple", "banana", "orange"]
%i[name email age]        # [:name, :email, :age]

# Hash creation
{ name: 'John', age: 30 }  # Symbol keys
{ 'name' => 'John' }       # String keys

# Hash access with default
hash.fetch(:key, default)
hash[:key] || default

Enumerable Shortcuts

# Transformation
array.map(&:upcase)
array.select(&:active?)
array.reject(&:empty?)

# Aggregation
array.sum
array.max
array.min
numbers.reduce(:+)

# Finding
array.find(&:valid?)
array.any?(&:present?)
array.all?(&:valid?)

String Operations

# Interpolation
"Hello #{name}!"

# Safe interpolation
"Result: %{value}" % { value: result }

# Multiline
<<~TEXT
  Heredoc with indentation
  removed automatically
TEXT

Block Syntax

# Single line - use braces
array.map { |x| x * 2 }

# Multi-line - use do/end
array.each do |item|
  process(item)
  log(item)
end

# Symbol to_proc
array.map(&:to_s)
array.select(&:even?)

Guard Clauses

def process(user)
  return unless user
  return unless user.active?

  # Main logic here
end

Case Statements

# Traditional
case status
when 'active'
  activate
when 'inactive'
  deactivate
end

# With ranges
case age
when 0..17
  'minor'
when 18..64
  'adult'
else
  'senior'
end

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Tier 2: Detailed Instructions - Design Patterns

Creational Patterns

Factory Pattern:

class UserFactory
  def self.create(type, attributes)
    case type
    when :admin
      AdminUser.new(attributes)
    when :member
      MemberUser.new(attributes)
    when :guest
      GuestUser.new(attributes)
    else
      raise ArgumentError, "Unknown user type: #{type}"
    end
  end
end

# Usage
user = UserFactory.create(:admin, name: 'John', email: '[email protected]')