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name: avalonia-zafiro-development
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description: "Mandatory skills, conventions, and behavioral rules for Avalonia UI development using the Zafiro toolkit."
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risk: unknown
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source: community
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date_added: "2026-02-27"
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---
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# Avalonia Zafiro Development
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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.
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## Core Pillars
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1. **Functional-Reactive MVVM**: Pure MVVM logic using DynamicData and ReactiveUI.
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2. **Safety & Predictability**: Explicit error handling with `Result` types and avoidance of exceptions for flow control.
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3. **Cross-Platform Excellence**: Strictly Avalonia-independent ViewModels and composition-over-inheritance.
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4. **Zafiro First**: Leverage existing Zafiro abstractions and helpers to avoid redundancy.
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## Guides
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- [Core Technical Skills & Architecture](core-technical-skills.md): Fundamental skills and architectural principles.
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- [Naming & Coding Standards](naming-standards.md): Rules for naming, fields, and error handling.
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- [Avalonia, Zafiro & Reactive Rules](avalonia-reactive-rules.md): Specific guidelines for UI, Zafiro integration, and DynamicData pipelines.
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- [Zafiro Shortcuts](zafiro-shortcuts.md): Concise mappings for common Rx/Zafiro operations.
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- [Common Patterns](patterns.md): Advanced patterns like `RefreshableCollection` and Validation.
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## Procedure Before Writing Code
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1. **Search First**: Search the codebase for similar implementations or existing Zafiro helpers.
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2. **Reusable Extensions**: If a helper is missing, propose a new reusable extension method instead of inlining complex logic.
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3. **Reactive Pipelines**: Ensure DynamicData operators are used instead of plain Rx where applicable.
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## When to Use
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This skill is applicable to execute the workflow or actions described in the overview.
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