Code Convention Verification

Purpose

Ensures all code follows the project's coding standards:

1. •Ruff compliance — Code must pass ruff check and ruff format --check with the project's configuration (line-length 88, Python 3.11, rules E4/E7/E9/F)
2. •PEP 8 naming — snake_case for functions/variables, PascalCase for classes, UPPER_SNAKE_CASE for constants, _leading_underscore for private methods
3. •Type hints — All function signatures must have type hints (parameters and return types)
4. •Import ordering — Imports must follow isort/ruff I rules (stdlib, third-party, local)
5. •String formatting — Double quotes for strings (Black-compatible)

When to Run

• •After adding new Python files
• •After modifying existing functions or classes
• •After adding new imports
• •Before creating a Pull Request
• •When pre-commit hooks report issues

Related Files

Workflow

Step 1: Run Ruff Format Check

Tool: Bash

uv run ruff format --check recommender/ tests/

PASS: No files need reformatting.

FAIL: Files listed as needing reformatting.

Fix: Run uv run ruff format recommender/ tests/ or make lint.

Step 2: Run Ruff Lint Check

Tool: Bash

uv run ruff check recommender/ tests/

PASS: "All checks passed!" output.

FAIL: Lint violations reported.

Fix: Run uv run ruff check --fix recommender/ tests/ for auto-fixable issues. Manually fix remaining issues.

Step 3: Check PEP 8 Naming Conventions

Tool: Grep

Check for non-PEP 8 class names (should be PascalCase):

grep -rn "^class [a-z]" recommender/ tests/ --include="*.py"

Check for camelCase function/method names (should be snake_case):

grep -rn "def [a-z]*[A-Z]" recommender/ tests/ --include="*.py"

Check for non-UPPER_SNAKE_CASE module-level constants (variables at module level that are all assigned and look like constants):

Read changed files and visually inspect module-level variable assignments to ensure constants use UPPER_SNAKE_CASE.

PASS: All names follow PEP 8 conventions.

FAIL: Names found that violate conventions.

Fix: Rename to follow PEP 8: snake_case for functions/variables, PascalCase for classes, UPPER_SNAKE_CASE for constants.

Step 4: Check Type Hints on Function Signatures

Tool: Grep

Find functions missing return type hints:

grep -rn "def " recommender/ --include="*.py" | grep -v "->.*:" | grep -v "__init__" | grep -v "def _repr"

Find functions missing parameter type hints (check non-self, non-cls parameters):

grep -rn "def .*([^)]*[a-zA-Z_][a-zA-Z0-9_]*[^:)]*)" recommender/ --include="*.py"

PASS: All public functions and methods have type hints for parameters and return types.

FAIL: Functions found without type hints.

Fix: Add type hints. Use typing module types (Dict, List, Optional, Tuple, Union) or built-in generics for Python 3.11+.

Step 5: Check Import Ordering

Tool: Bash

uv run ruff check --select I recommender/ tests/

PASS: No import ordering violations.

FAIL: Import ordering violations found.

Fix: Run uv run ruff check --select I --fix recommender/ tests/.

Step 6: Check Pre-commit Compliance

Tool: Bash

Check for trailing whitespace and missing end-of-file newlines in changed files:

git diff --name-only HEAD | xargs -I {} sh -c 'grep -Pn "\s+$" {} 2>/dev/null && echo "TRAILING WHITESPACE: {}"'

PASS: No trailing whitespace or EOF issues.

FAIL: Files with trailing whitespace or missing EOF newline.

Fix: Run pre-commit run --all-files or configure editor to auto-trim whitespace.

Output Format

| # | Check | Status | Details |
|---|-------|--------|---------|
| 1 | Ruff format | PASS/FAIL | N files need reformatting |
| 2 | Ruff lint | PASS/FAIL | N violations found |
| 3 | PEP 8 naming | PASS/FAIL | List of violations |
| 4 | Type hints | PASS/FAIL | N functions missing hints |
| 5 | Import ordering | PASS/FAIL | N violations |
| 6 | Pre-commit compliance | PASS/FAIL | Issues found |

Exceptions

1. •__init__ methods — __init__ does not require a return type hint (it is always None)
2. •Test files — Test functions may omit parameter type hints for fixtures (pytest infers them), but should still have return type hints
3. •Dunder methods — __repr__, __str__, __len__ etc. do not require type hints
4. •Existing code — Only check files that were changed in the current session; do not report violations in untouched files
5. •Ruff-ignored rules — Rules not in the select list (E4, E7, E9, F) are intentionally not enforced per ruff.toml config