copilot-instructions.md

Coding Guidelines

Type Declarations

• Always use explicit types instead of var when declaring variables
• This improves code readability and makes the intended type clear to other developers

Examples:

Do:

List<Artist> artists = new List<Artist>();
ArtistController controller = new ArtistController(mockRepo);
string name = "example";

Don't:

var artists = new List<Artist>();
var controller = new ArtistController(mockRepo);
var name = "example";

Exception:

The only acceptable use of var is when the type is obvious from the right-hand side and using the explicit type would be redundant, such as:

var dictionary = new Dictionary<string, List<ComplexTypeName>>();

But even in these cases, prefer explicit types for consistency.