diff --git a/docs/index.rst b/docs/index.rst
index 15aab45dd..6827981c5 100644
--- a/docs/index.rst
+++ b/docs/index.rst
@@ -18,6 +18,8 @@ while remaining highly effective.
 
 .. code:: python
 
+    import falcon
+
     class QuoteResource:
 
         def on_get(self, req, resp):
@@ -36,6 +38,8 @@ while remaining highly effective.
     app = falcon.App()
     app.add_route('/quote', QuoteResource())
 
+For a fully working example, check out the :ref:`quickstart`.
+
 Quick Links
 -----------
 
diff --git a/docs/user/tutorial-asgi.rst b/docs/user/tutorial-asgi.rst
index dd7c63b20..83324a91c 100644
--- a/docs/user/tutorial-asgi.rst
+++ b/docs/user/tutorial-asgi.rst
@@ -175,9 +175,10 @@ We can now implement a basic async image store. Save the following code as
     import io
 
     import aiofiles
-    import falcon
     import PIL.Image
 
+    import falcon
+
 
     class Image:
         def __init__(self, config, image_id, size):
@@ -266,6 +267,7 @@ of images. Place the code below in a file named ``images.py``:
 .. code:: python
 
     import aiofiles
+
     import falcon
 
 
@@ -670,8 +672,6 @@ The new ``thumbnails`` end-point should now render thumbnails on the fly::
 Again, we could also verify thumbnail URIs in the browser or image viewer that
 supports HTTP input.
 
-
-
 .. _asgi_tutorial_caching:
 
 Caching Responses
@@ -979,9 +979,11 @@ your ASGI Falcon application:
 
 .. code:: python
 
-    import falcon
     import logging
 
+    import falcon
+
+
     logging.basicConfig(level=logging.INFO)
 
     class ErrorResource:
diff --git a/docs/user/tutorial.rst b/docs/user/tutorial.rst
index 70b132e8d..b4589af9f 100644
--- a/docs/user/tutorial.rst
+++ b/docs/user/tutorial.rst
@@ -383,10 +383,9 @@ Then, update the responder to use the new media type:
 
 .. code:: python
 
-    import falcon
-
     import msgpack
 
+    import falcon
 
     class Resource:
 
@@ -467,11 +466,12 @@ Next, edit ``test_app.py`` to look like this:
 
 .. code:: python
 
-    import falcon
-    from falcon import testing
     import msgpack
     import pytest
 
+    import falcon
+    from falcon import testing
+
     from look.app import app
 
 
@@ -601,9 +601,10 @@ POSTs. Open ``images.py`` and add a POST responder to the
     import uuid
     import mimetypes
 
-    import falcon
     import msgpack
 
+    import falcon
+
 
     class Resource:
 
@@ -723,9 +724,10 @@ operation:
     import os
     import uuid
 
-    import falcon
     import msgpack
 
+    import falcon
+
 
     class Resource:
 
@@ -789,7 +791,8 @@ Hmm, it looks like we forgot to update ``app.py``. Let's do that now:
 
     import falcon
 
-    from .images import ImageStore, Resource
+    from .images import ImageStore
+    from .images import Resource
 
 
     app = application = falcon.App()
@@ -813,7 +816,8 @@ similar to the following:
 
     import falcon
 
-    from .images import ImageStore, Resource
+    from .images import ImageStore
+    from .images import Resource
 
 
     def create_app(image_store):
@@ -849,11 +853,12 @@ look similar to this:
 
     from unittest.mock import call, MagicMock, mock_open
 
-    import falcon
-    from falcon import testing
     import msgpack
     import pytest
 
+    import falcon
+    from falcon import testing
+
     import look.app
     import look.images
 
@@ -1041,7 +1046,8 @@ the image storage directory with an environment variable:
 
     import falcon
 
-    from .images import ImageStore, Resource
+    from .images import ImageStore
+    from .images import Resource
 
 
     def create_app(image_store):
@@ -1123,9 +1129,10 @@ Go ahead and edit your ``images.py`` file to look something like this:
     import uuid
     import mimetypes
 
-    import falcon
     import msgpack
 
+    import falcon
+
 
     class Collection:
 
@@ -1234,7 +1241,9 @@ similar to the following:
 
     import falcon
 
-    from .images import Collection, ImageStore, Item
+    from .images import Collection
+    from .images import ImageStore
+    from .images import Item
 
 
     def create_app(image_store):
diff --git a/e2e-tests/conftest.py b/e2e-tests/conftest.py
index 0fc22ecb0..342d177c7 100644
--- a/e2e-tests/conftest.py
+++ b/e2e-tests/conftest.py
@@ -21,7 +21,6 @@
 
 import falcon.testing
 
-
 HERE = pathlib.Path(__file__).resolve().parent
 INDEX = '/static/index.html'
 
diff --git a/e2e-tests/server/app.py b/e2e-tests/server/app.py
index bde7e399d..be9558985 100644
--- a/e2e-tests/server/app.py
+++ b/e2e-tests/server/app.py
@@ -2,8 +2,10 @@
 
 import falcon
 import falcon.asgi
+
 from .chat import Chat
-from .hub import Events, Hub
+from .hub import Events
+from .hub import Hub
 from .ping import Pong
 
 HERE = pathlib.Path(__file__).resolve().parent
diff --git a/e2e-tests/server/chat.py b/e2e-tests/server/chat.py
index 8cad04a89..0e40902d5 100644
--- a/e2e-tests/server/chat.py
+++ b/e2e-tests/server/chat.py
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 import re
 
-from falcon.asgi import Request, WebSocket
+from falcon.asgi import Request
+from falcon.asgi import WebSocket
 
 from .hub import Hub
 
diff --git a/e2e-tests/server/hub.py b/e2e-tests/server/hub.py
index 181b2555f..e4e729b59 100644
--- a/e2e-tests/server/hub.py
+++ b/e2e-tests/server/hub.py
@@ -2,7 +2,10 @@
 import typing
 import uuid
 
-from falcon.asgi import Request, Response, SSEvent, WebSocket
+from falcon.asgi import Request
+from falcon.asgi import Response
+from falcon.asgi import SSEvent
+from falcon.asgi import WebSocket
 
 
 class Emitter:
diff --git a/e2e-tests/server/ping.py b/e2e-tests/server/ping.py
index bac2aec68..7deb5f077 100644
--- a/e2e-tests/server/ping.py
+++ b/e2e-tests/server/ping.py
@@ -1,7 +1,8 @@
 from http import HTTPStatus
 
 import falcon
-from falcon.asgi import Request, Response
+from falcon.asgi import Request
+from falcon.asgi import Response
 
 
 class Pong:
diff --git a/examples/asgilook/asgilook/app.py b/examples/asgilook/asgilook/app.py
index 6cdc48e83..de3f4e2e6 100644
--- a/examples/asgilook/asgilook/app.py
+++ b/examples/asgilook/asgilook/app.py
@@ -2,7 +2,8 @@
 
 from .cache import RedisCache
 from .config import Config
-from .images import Images, Thumbnails
+from .images import Images
+from .images import Thumbnails
 from .store import Store
 
 
diff --git a/examples/asgilook/asgilook/cache.py b/examples/asgilook/asgilook/cache.py
index e4819d0d0..ebb0f2532 100644
--- a/examples/asgilook/asgilook/cache.py
+++ b/examples/asgilook/asgilook/cache.py
@@ -1,5 +1,4 @@
 import msgpack
-import redis.asyncio as redis
 
 
 class RedisCache:
diff --git a/examples/asgilook/asgilook/config.py b/examples/asgilook/asgilook/config.py
index e5ac12c5b..701b4ab78 100644
--- a/examples/asgilook/asgilook/config.py
+++ b/examples/asgilook/asgilook/config.py
@@ -1,8 +1,9 @@
 import os
 import pathlib
-import redis.asyncio
 import uuid
 
+import redis.asyncio
+
 
 class Config:
     DEFAULT_CONFIG_PATH = '/tmp/asgilook'
diff --git a/examples/asgilook/asgilook/images.py b/examples/asgilook/asgilook/images.py
index 11eae57ac..20ce345a0 100644
--- a/examples/asgilook/asgilook/images.py
+++ b/examples/asgilook/asgilook/images.py
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 import aiofiles
+
 import falcon
 
 
diff --git a/examples/asgilook/asgilook/store.py b/examples/asgilook/asgilook/store.py
index faf873c91..f6c43522f 100644
--- a/examples/asgilook/asgilook/store.py
+++ b/examples/asgilook/asgilook/store.py
@@ -3,9 +3,10 @@
 import io
 
 import aiofiles
-import falcon
 import PIL.Image
 
+import falcon
+
 
 class Image:
     def __init__(self, config, image_id, size):
diff --git a/examples/asgilook/tests/conftest.py b/examples/asgilook/tests/conftest.py
index 420a256df..efd920860 100644
--- a/examples/asgilook/tests/conftest.py
+++ b/examples/asgilook/tests/conftest.py
@@ -3,12 +3,13 @@
 import uuid
 
 import fakeredis.aioredis
-import falcon.asgi
-import falcon.testing
 import PIL.Image
 import PIL.ImageDraw
 import pytest
 
+import falcon.asgi
+import falcon.testing
+
 from asgilook.app import create_app
 from asgilook.config import Config
 
diff --git a/examples/look/look/app.py b/examples/look/look/app.py
index e472e1e09..abce808bd 100644
--- a/examples/look/look/app.py
+++ b/examples/look/look/app.py
@@ -2,7 +2,8 @@
 
 import falcon
 
-from .images import ImageStore, Resource
+from .images import ImageStore
+from .images import Resource
 
 
 def create_app(image_store):
diff --git a/examples/look/look/images.py b/examples/look/look/images.py
index 3b4e84a0c..31466d93c 100644
--- a/examples/look/look/images.py
+++ b/examples/look/look/images.py
@@ -3,9 +3,10 @@
 import os
 import uuid
 
-import falcon
 import msgpack
 
+import falcon
+
 
 class Resource:
     def __init__(self, image_store):
diff --git a/examples/look/tests/conftest.py b/examples/look/tests/conftest.py
index e7ce3f236..9d93edd06 100644
--- a/examples/look/tests/conftest.py
+++ b/examples/look/tests/conftest.py
@@ -5,7 +5,6 @@
 
 import requests
 
-
 LOOK_PATH = os.path.abspath(os.path.join(os.path.dirname(__file__), '..'))
 
 gunicorn = None
diff --git a/examples/look/tests/test_app.py b/examples/look/tests/test_app.py
index 3443ae0d4..c6db6451c 100644
--- a/examples/look/tests/test_app.py
+++ b/examples/look/tests/test_app.py
@@ -1,12 +1,15 @@
 import io
+from unittest.mock import call
+from unittest.mock import MagicMock
+from unittest.mock import mock_open
 from wsgiref.validate import InputWrapper
 
-import falcon
-from falcon import testing
-from unittest.mock import call, MagicMock, mock_open
 import msgpack
 import pytest
 
+import falcon
+from falcon import testing
+
 import look.app
 import look.images
 
diff --git a/examples/things_advanced.py b/examples/things_advanced.py
index 5c28280a7..ba3c87512 100644
--- a/examples/things_advanced.py
+++ b/examples/things_advanced.py
@@ -5,9 +5,10 @@
 import uuid
 from wsgiref import simple_server
 
-import falcon
 import requests
 
+import falcon
+
 
 class StorageEngine:
     def get_things(self, marker, limit):
diff --git a/examples/things_advanced_asgi.py b/examples/things_advanced_asgi.py
index dcd816ef5..fa05bc9a9 100644
--- a/examples/things_advanced_asgi.py
+++ b/examples/things_advanced_asgi.py
@@ -4,9 +4,10 @@
 import logging
 import uuid
 
+import httpx
+
 import falcon
 import falcon.asgi
-import httpx
 
 
 class StorageEngine:
diff --git a/falcon/__init__.py b/falcon/__init__.py
index 745856058..169f8bfc4 100644
--- a/falcon/__init__.py
+++ b/falcon/__init__.py
@@ -93,7 +93,6 @@
 from falcon.util import wrap_sync_to_async_unsafe
 from falcon.version import __version__
 
-
 # NOTE(kgriffs): Only to be used internally on the rare occasion that we
 #   need to log something that we can't communicate any other way.
 _logger = _logging.getLogger('falcon')
diff --git a/falcon/app.py b/falcon/app.py
index 434dd6b39..f71a291f6 100644
--- a/falcon/app.py
+++ b/falcon/app.py
@@ -37,12 +37,13 @@
 from falcon.response import Response
 from falcon.response import ResponseOptions
 import falcon.status_codes as status
-from falcon.typing import ErrorHandler, ErrorSerializer, SinkPrefix
+from falcon.typing import ErrorHandler
+from falcon.typing import ErrorSerializer
+from falcon.typing import SinkPrefix
 from falcon.util import deprecation
 from falcon.util import misc
 from falcon.util.misc import code_to_http_status
 
-
 # PERF(vytas): On Python 3.5+ (including cythonized modules),
 # reference via module global is faster than going via self
 _BODILESS_STATUS_CODES = frozenset(
@@ -63,7 +64,7 @@
 
 
 class App:
-    """This class is the main entry point into a Falcon-based WSGI app.
+    """The main entry point into a Falcon-based WSGI app.
 
     Each App instance provides a callable
     `WSGI <https://www.python.org/dev/peps/pep-3333/>`_ interface
@@ -1152,8 +1153,7 @@ def _update_sink_and_static_routes(self):
 # TODO(myusko): This class is a compatibility alias, and should be removed
 # in the next major release (4.0).
 class API(App):
-    """
-    This class is a compatibility alias of :class:`falcon.App`.
+    """Compatibility alias of :class:`falcon.App`.
 
     ``API`` was renamed to :class:`App <falcon.App>` in Falcon 3.0 in order to
     reflect the breadth of applications that :class:`App <falcon.App>`, and its
diff --git a/falcon/app_helpers.py b/falcon/app_helpers.py
index 38b591914..1f0730f86 100644
--- a/falcon/app_helpers.py
+++ b/falcon/app_helpers.py
@@ -20,7 +20,8 @@
 from falcon import util
 from falcon.constants import MEDIA_JSON
 from falcon.constants import MEDIA_XML
-from falcon.errors import CompatibilityError, HTTPError
+from falcon.errors import CompatibilityError
+from falcon.errors import HTTPError
 from falcon.request import Request
 from falcon.response import Response
 from falcon.util.sync import _wrap_non_coroutine_unsafe
diff --git a/falcon/asgi/_asgi_helpers.py b/falcon/asgi/_asgi_helpers.py
index 3b96d1708..ce298abf2 100644
--- a/falcon/asgi/_asgi_helpers.py
+++ b/falcon/asgi/_asgi_helpers.py
@@ -15,7 +15,8 @@
 import functools
 import inspect
 
-from falcon.errors import UnsupportedError, UnsupportedScopeError
+from falcon.errors import UnsupportedError
+from falcon.errors import UnsupportedScopeError
 
 
 @functools.lru_cache(maxsize=16)
diff --git a/falcon/asgi/app.py b/falcon/asgi/app.py
index a4e0b9366..92b3ac2d4 100644
--- a/falcon/asgi/app.py
+++ b/falcon/asgi/app.py
@@ -34,12 +34,14 @@
 from falcon.http_status import HTTPStatus
 from falcon.media.multipart import MultipartFormHandler
 import falcon.routing
-from falcon.typing import ErrorHandler, SinkPrefix
+from falcon.typing import ErrorHandler
+from falcon.typing import SinkPrefix
 from falcon.util.misc import is_python_func
 from falcon.util.sync import _should_wrap_non_coroutines
 from falcon.util.sync import _wrap_non_coroutine_unsafe
 from falcon.util.sync import get_running_loop
 from falcon.util.sync import wrap_sync_to_async
+
 from ._asgi_helpers import _validate_asgi_scope
 from ._asgi_helpers import _wrap_asgi_coroutine_func
 from .multipart import MultipartForm
@@ -50,7 +52,6 @@
 from .ws import WebSocket
 from .ws import WebSocketOptions
 
-
 __all__ = ['App']
 
 
@@ -67,7 +68,7 @@
 
 
 class App(falcon.app.App):
-    """This class is the main entry point into a Falcon-based ASGI app.
+    """The main entry point into a Falcon-based ASGI app.
 
     Each App instance provides a callable
     `ASGI <https://asgi.readthedocs.io/en/latest/>`_ interface
diff --git a/falcon/asgi/request.py b/falcon/asgi/request.py
index 9650bfb63..4301fc4e6 100644
--- a/falcon/asgi/request.py
+++ b/falcon/asgi/request.py
@@ -21,10 +21,10 @@
 from falcon.constants import SINGLETON_HEADERS
 from falcon.util.uri import parse_host
 from falcon.util.uri import parse_query_string
+
 from . import _request_helpers as asgi_helpers
 from .stream import BoundedStream
 
-
 __all__ = ['Request']
 
 _SINGLETON_HEADERS_BYTESTR = frozenset([h.encode() for h in SINGLETON_HEADERS])
diff --git a/falcon/asgi/response.py b/falcon/asgi/response.py
index 1d9110b12..2ec33e95a 100644
--- a/falcon/asgi/response.py
+++ b/falcon/asgi/response.py
@@ -19,7 +19,8 @@
 
 from falcon import response
 from falcon.constants import _UNSET
-from falcon.util.misc import _encode_items_to_latin1, is_python_func
+from falcon.util.misc import _encode_items_to_latin1
+from falcon.util.misc import is_python_func
 
 __all__ = ['Response']
 
diff --git a/falcon/asgi/stream.py b/falcon/asgi/stream.py
index 4b052bef5..e46179dd0 100644
--- a/falcon/asgi/stream.py
+++ b/falcon/asgi/stream.py
@@ -16,7 +16,6 @@
 
 from falcon.errors import OperationNotAllowed
 
-
 __all__ = ['BoundedStream']
 
 
diff --git a/falcon/asgi/structures.py b/falcon/asgi/structures.py
index 2c44fa2f2..a1e9dda45 100644
--- a/falcon/asgi/structures.py
+++ b/falcon/asgi/structures.py
@@ -1,7 +1,6 @@
 from falcon.constants import MEDIA_JSON
 from falcon.media.json import _DEFAULT_JSON_HANDLER
 
-
 __all__ = ['SSEvent']
 
 
diff --git a/falcon/asgi/ws.py b/falcon/asgi/ws.py
index db3700b2d..3879a6e52 100644
--- a/falcon/asgi/ws.py
+++ b/falcon/asgi/ws.py
@@ -1,15 +1,17 @@
 import asyncio
 import collections
 from enum import Enum
-from typing import Any
-from typing import Awaitable
-from typing import Callable
-from typing import Deque
-from typing import Dict
-from typing import Iterable
-from typing import Mapping
-from typing import Optional
-from typing import Union
+from typing import (
+    Any,
+    Awaitable,
+    Callable,
+    Deque,
+    Dict,
+    Iterable,
+    Mapping,
+    Optional,
+    Union,
+)
 
 import falcon
 from falcon import errors
@@ -18,7 +20,6 @@
 from falcon.asgi_spec import WSCloseCode
 from falcon.constants import WebSocketPayloadType
 
-
 _WebSocketState = Enum('_WebSocketState', 'HANDSHAKE ACCEPTED CLOSED')
 
 
@@ -635,13 +636,13 @@ async def receive(self):
         # NOTE(kgriffs): Wait for a message if none are available. This pattern
         #   was borrowed from the websockets.protocol module.
         while not self._messages:
-            # -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
+            # --------------------------------------------------------------------------
             # NOTE(kgriffs): The pattern below was borrowed from the websockets.protocol
             #   module under the BSD 3-Clause "New" or "Revised" License.
             #
             #   Ref: https://github.com/aaugustin/websockets/blob/master/src/websockets/protocol.py  # noqa E501
             #
-            # -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
+            # --------------------------------------------------------------------------
 
             # PERF(kgriffs): Using a bare future like this seems to be
             #   slightly more efficient vs. something like asyncio.Event
@@ -683,13 +684,13 @@ async def _pump(self):
                     'code', WSCloseCode.NORMAL
                 )
 
-            # -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
+            # --------------------------------------------------------------------------
             # NOTE(kgriffs): The pattern below was borrowed from the websockets.protocol
             #   module under the BSD 3-Clause "New" or "Revised" License.
             #
             #   Ref: https://github.com/aaugustin/websockets/blob/master/src/websockets/protocol.py # noqa E501
             #
-            # -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
+            # --------------------------------------------------------------------------
             while len(self._messages) >= self._max_queue:
                 self._put_message_waiter = self._loop.create_future()
                 try:
diff --git a/falcon/bench/bench.py b/falcon/bench/bench.py
index 5b12f8e40..9f3e4d899 100755
--- a/falcon/bench/bench.py
+++ b/falcon/bench/bench.py
@@ -15,7 +15,8 @@
 # limitations under the License.
 
 import argparse
-from collections import defaultdict, deque
+from collections import defaultdict
+from collections import deque
 from decimal import Decimal
 import gc
 import inspect
diff --git a/falcon/bench/create.py b/falcon/bench/create.py
index 7187a2590..cc53b98cb 100644
--- a/falcon/bench/create.py
+++ b/falcon/bench/create.py
@@ -80,8 +80,9 @@ def hello(account_id):
 
 
 def werkzeug(body, headers):
+    from werkzeug.routing import Map
+    from werkzeug.routing import Rule
     import werkzeug.wrappers as werkzeug
-    from werkzeug.routing import Map, Rule
 
     path = '/hello/<account_id>/test'
     url_map = Map([Rule(path, endpoint='hello')])
diff --git a/falcon/bench/dj/dj/settings.py b/falcon/bench/dj/dj/settings.py
index bbb9cf898..15f575007 100644
--- a/falcon/bench/dj/dj/settings.py
+++ b/falcon/bench/dj/dj/settings.py
@@ -1,5 +1,4 @@
-"""
-Django settings for dj project.
+"""Django settings for dj project.
 
 Generated by 'django-admin startproject' using Django 1.11.3.
 
diff --git a/falcon/bench/dj/dj/urls.py b/falcon/bench/dj/dj/urls.py
index 90e2d24a6..bd1e2de8c 100644
--- a/falcon/bench/dj/dj/urls.py
+++ b/falcon/bench/dj/dj/urls.py
@@ -1,5 +1,4 @@
 from django.urls import re_path as url
 from hello import views
 
-
 urlpatterns = [url(r'^hello/(?P<account_id>[0-9]+)/test$', views.hello)]
diff --git a/falcon/bench/dj/dj/wsgi.py b/falcon/bench/dj/dj/wsgi.py
index cd4a41847..b6aa68291 100644
--- a/falcon/bench/dj/dj/wsgi.py
+++ b/falcon/bench/dj/dj/wsgi.py
@@ -1,5 +1,4 @@
-"""
-WSGI config for dj project.
+"""WSGI config for dj project.
 
 It exposes the WSGI callable as a module-level variable named ``application``.
 
diff --git a/falcon/bench/dj/hello/views.py b/falcon/bench/dj/hello/views.py
index 9a98a7745..29f4b79e8 100644
--- a/falcon/bench/dj/hello/views.py
+++ b/falcon/bench/dj/hello/views.py
@@ -1,7 +1,6 @@
 import django
 from django.http import HttpResponse
 
-
 _body = django.x_test_body
 _headers = django.x_test_headers
 
diff --git a/falcon/cmd/inspect_app.py b/falcon/cmd/inspect_app.py
index bd3844f88..d1a1a038d 100644
--- a/falcon/cmd/inspect_app.py
+++ b/falcon/cmd/inspect_app.py
@@ -12,9 +12,7 @@
 # WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
 # See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
 # limitations under the License.
-"""
-Script that prints out the routes of an App instance.
-"""
+"""Script that prints out the routes of an App instance."""
 
 import argparse
 import importlib
diff --git a/falcon/constants.py b/falcon/constants.py
index 9bd71f373..2bf1252a4 100644
--- a/falcon/constants.py
+++ b/falcon/constants.py
@@ -2,7 +2,6 @@
 import os
 import sys
 
-
 PYPY = sys.implementation.name == 'pypy'
 """Evaluates to ``True`` when the current Python implementation is PyPy."""
 
diff --git a/falcon/errors.py b/falcon/errors.py
index cdad7ffa7..74a50c69c 100644
--- a/falcon/errors.py
+++ b/falcon/errors.py
@@ -42,7 +42,6 @@ def on_get(self, req, resp):
 from falcon.util.deprecation import deprecated_args
 from falcon.util.misc import dt_to_http
 
-
 __all__ = (
     'CompatibilityError',
     'DelimiterError',
diff --git a/falcon/forwarded.py b/falcon/forwarded.py
index ba91975fb..9fe3c03f8 100644
--- a/falcon/forwarded.py
+++ b/falcon/forwarded.py
@@ -22,7 +22,6 @@
 
 from falcon.util.uri import unquote_string
 
-
 # '-' at the end to prevent interpretation as range in a char class
 _TCHAR = string.digits + string.ascii_letters + r"!#$%&'*+.^_`|~-"
 
diff --git a/falcon/hooks.py b/falcon/hooks.py
index 4172e9da6..f4bb7afae 100644
--- a/falcon/hooks.py
+++ b/falcon/hooks.py
@@ -23,7 +23,6 @@
 from falcon.util.misc import get_argnames
 from falcon.util.sync import _wrap_non_coroutine_unsafe
 
-
 _DECORABLE_METHOD_NAME = re.compile(
     r'^on_({})(_\w+)?$'.format('|'.join(method.lower() for method in COMBINED_METHODS))
 )
diff --git a/falcon/http_error.py b/falcon/http_error.py
index ad63c7ab7..20c221fe3 100644
--- a/falcon/http_error.py
+++ b/falcon/http_error.py
@@ -18,7 +18,9 @@
 import xml.etree.ElementTree as et
 
 from falcon.constants import MEDIA_JSON
-from falcon.util import code_to_http_status, http_status_to_code, uri
+from falcon.util import code_to_http_status
+from falcon.util import http_status_to_code
+from falcon.util import uri
 from falcon.util.deprecation import deprecated_args
 
 
diff --git a/falcon/inspect.py b/falcon/inspect.py
index e5bc4c690..919165687 100644
--- a/falcon/inspect.py
+++ b/falcon/inspect.py
@@ -16,11 +16,7 @@
 
 from functools import partial
 import inspect
-from typing import Callable  # NOQA: F401
-from typing import Dict  # NOQA: F401
-from typing import List
-from typing import Optional
-from typing import Type  # NOQA: F401
+from typing import Callable, Dict, List, Optional, Type
 
 from falcon import app_helpers
 from falcon.app import App
@@ -101,7 +97,7 @@ def wraps(fn):
 
 
 # router inspection registry
-_supported_routers = {}  # type: Dict[Type, Callable]
+_supported_routers: Dict[Type, Callable] = {}
 
 
 def inspect_static_routes(app: App) -> 'List[StaticRouteInfo]':
diff --git a/falcon/media/__init__.py b/falcon/media/__init__.py
index 3db2a19b8..a90c0e384 100644
--- a/falcon/media/__init__.py
+++ b/falcon/media/__init__.py
@@ -10,7 +10,6 @@
 from .multipart import MultipartFormHandler
 from .urlencoded import URLEncodedFormHandler
 
-
 __all__ = [
     'BaseHandler',
     'BinaryBaseHandlerWS',
diff --git a/falcon/media/multipart.py b/falcon/media/multipart.py
index 240a4781c..63432da21 100644
--- a/falcon/media/multipart.py
+++ b/falcon/media/multipart.py
@@ -25,7 +25,6 @@
 from falcon.util import misc
 from falcon.util.mediatypes import parse_header
 
-
 # TODO(vytas):
 #   * Better support for form-wide charset setting
 #   * Clean up, simplify, and optimize BufferedReader
diff --git a/falcon/middleware.py b/falcon/middleware.py
index 195892a29..a799fe2f8 100644
--- a/falcon/middleware.py
+++ b/falcon/middleware.py
@@ -1,6 +1,4 @@
-from typing import Iterable
-from typing import Optional
-from typing import Union
+from typing import Iterable, Optional, Union
 
 from .request import Request
 from .response import Response
diff --git a/falcon/response.py b/falcon/response.py
index cad529d3c..de3c3b175 100644
--- a/falcon/response.py
+++ b/falcon/response.py
@@ -34,11 +34,11 @@
 from falcon.util import http_status_to_code
 from falcon.util import structures
 from falcon.util import TimezoneGMT
-from falcon.util.deprecation import AttributeRemovedError, deprecated
+from falcon.util.deprecation import AttributeRemovedError
+from falcon.util.deprecation import deprecated
 from falcon.util.uri import encode_check_escaped as uri_encode
 from falcon.util.uri import encode_value_check_escaped as uri_encode_value
 
-
 GMT_TIMEZONE = TimezoneGMT()
 
 _STREAM_LEN_REMOVED_MSG = (
diff --git a/falcon/testing/client.py b/falcon/testing/client.py
index 05a59f599..12f425967 100644
--- a/falcon/testing/client.py
+++ b/falcon/testing/client.py
@@ -23,10 +23,7 @@
 import inspect
 import json as json_module
 import time
-from typing import Dict
-from typing import Optional
-from typing import Sequence
-from typing import Union
+from typing import Dict, Optional, Sequence, Union
 import warnings
 import wsgiref.validate
 
diff --git a/falcon/testing/helpers.py b/falcon/testing/helpers.py
index d0d92dbff..1b38e975e 100644
--- a/falcon/testing/helpers.py
+++ b/falcon/testing/helpers.py
@@ -35,11 +35,7 @@
 import socket
 import sys
 import time
-from typing import Any
-from typing import Dict
-from typing import Iterable
-from typing import Optional
-from typing import Union
+from typing import Any, Dict, Iterable, Optional, Union
 
 import falcon
 from falcon import errors as falcon_errors
diff --git a/falcon/typing.py b/falcon/typing.py
index 4acf8ad97..bc4137027 100644
--- a/falcon/typing.py
+++ b/falcon/typing.py
@@ -19,7 +19,6 @@
 from falcon.request import Request
 from falcon.response import Response
 
-
 # Error handlers
 ErrorHandler = Callable[[Request, Response, BaseException, dict], Any]
 
diff --git a/falcon/util/__init__.py b/falcon/util/__init__.py
index 1cead07e8..2d946f8be 100644
--- a/falcon/util/__init__.py
+++ b/falcon/util/__init__.py
@@ -53,7 +53,6 @@
 from falcon.util.sync import wrap_sync_to_async_unsafe
 from falcon.util.time import TimezoneGMT
 
-
 # NOTE(kgriffs): Backport support for the new 'SameSite' attribute
 #   for Python versions prior to 3.8. We do it this way because
 #   SimpleCookie does not give us a simple way to specify our own
@@ -81,8 +80,8 @@
 
 def __getattr__(name: str) -> ModuleType:
     if name == 'json':
-        import warnings
         import json  # NOQA
+        import warnings
 
         warnings.warn(
             'Importing json from "falcon.util" is deprecated.', DeprecatedWarning
diff --git a/falcon/util/deprecation.py b/falcon/util/deprecation.py
index ed1229916..56ccf213c 100644
--- a/falcon/util/deprecation.py
+++ b/falcon/util/deprecation.py
@@ -18,12 +18,9 @@
 """
 
 import functools
-from typing import Any
-from typing import Callable
-from typing import Optional
+from typing import Any, Callable, Optional
 import warnings
 
-
 __all__ = (
     'AttributeRemovedError',
     'DeprecatedWarning',
diff --git a/falcon/util/misc.py b/falcon/util/misc.py
index a22214c4d..c3cc23ece 100644
--- a/falcon/util/misc.py
+++ b/falcon/util/misc.py
@@ -28,12 +28,7 @@
 import http
 import inspect
 import re
-from typing import Any
-from typing import Callable
-from typing import Dict
-from typing import List
-from typing import Tuple
-from typing import Union
+from typing import Any, Callable, Dict, List, Tuple, Union
 import unicodedata
 
 from falcon import status_codes
diff --git a/falcon/util/reader.py b/falcon/util/reader.py
index b97484f7f..96adc4b5f 100644
--- a/falcon/util/reader.py
+++ b/falcon/util/reader.py
@@ -18,10 +18,7 @@
 
 import functools
 import io
-from typing import Callable
-from typing import IO
-from typing import List
-from typing import Optional
+from typing import Callable, IO, List, Optional
 
 from falcon.errors import DelimiterError
 
diff --git a/falcon/util/structures.py b/falcon/util/structures.py
index f5b4e97c5..020d43471 100644
--- a/falcon/util/structures.py
+++ b/falcon/util/structures.py
@@ -30,23 +30,24 @@
 
 from collections.abc import Mapping
 from collections.abc import MutableMapping
-from typing import Any
-from typing import Dict
-from typing import ItemsView
-from typing import Iterable
-from typing import Iterator
-from typing import KeysView
-from typing import Optional
-from typing import Tuple
-from typing import TYPE_CHECKING
-from typing import ValuesView
+from typing import (
+    Any,
+    Dict,
+    ItemsView,
+    Iterable,
+    Iterator,
+    KeysView,
+    Optional,
+    Tuple,
+    TYPE_CHECKING,
+    ValuesView,
+)
 
 
 # TODO(kgriffs): If we ever diverge from what is upstream in Requests,
 # then we will need write tests and remove the "no cover" pragma.
 class CaseInsensitiveDict(MutableMapping):  # pragma: no cover
-    """
-    A case-insensitive ``dict``-like object.
+    """A case-insensitive ``dict``-like object.
 
     Implements all methods and operations of
     ``collections.abc.MutableMapping`` as well as dict's `copy`. Also
@@ -121,8 +122,7 @@ def __repr__(self) -> str:
 #   Context is, by design, a bare class, and the mapping interface may be
 #   removed in a future Falcon release.
 class Context:
-    """
-    Convenience class to hold contextual information in its attributes.
+    """Convenience class to hold contextual information in its attributes.
 
     This class is used as the default :class:`~.Request` and :class:`~Response`
     context type (see
diff --git a/falcon/util/sync.py b/falcon/util/sync.py
index f19d9f1ae..c32c3a3d4 100644
--- a/falcon/util/sync.py
+++ b/falcon/util/sync.py
@@ -4,13 +4,7 @@
 from functools import wraps
 import inspect
 import os
-from typing import Any
-from typing import Awaitable
-from typing import Callable
-from typing import Optional
-from typing import TypeVar
-from typing import Union
-
+from typing import Any, Awaitable, Callable, Optional, TypeVar, Union
 
 __all__ = [
     'async_to_sync',
diff --git a/falcon/util/time.py b/falcon/util/time.py
index 485f3b78a..d475a166e 100644
--- a/falcon/util/time.py
+++ b/falcon/util/time.py
@@ -12,7 +12,6 @@
 import datetime
 from typing import Optional
 
-
 __all__ = ['TimezoneGMT']
 
 
diff --git a/falcon/util/uri.py b/falcon/util/uri.py
index 15bef3c97..a9acec6d4 100644
--- a/falcon/util/uri.py
+++ b/falcon/util/uri.py
@@ -23,23 +23,14 @@
     name, port = uri.parse_host('example.org:8080')
 """
 
-from typing import Callable
-from typing import Dict
-from typing import List
-from typing import Optional
-from typing import Tuple, TYPE_CHECKING
-from typing import Union
+from typing import Callable, Dict, List, Optional, Tuple, TYPE_CHECKING, Union
 
 from falcon.constants import PYPY
 
 try:
-    from falcon.cyutil.uri import (
-        decode as _cy_decode,
-        parse_query_string as _cy_parse_query_string,
-    )
+    from falcon.cyutil import uri as _cy_uri  # type: ignore
 except ImportError:
-    _cy_decode = None
-    _cy_parse_query_string = None
+    _cy_uri = None
 
 
 # NOTE(kgriffs): See also RFC 3986
@@ -553,8 +544,9 @@ def unquote_string(quoted: str) -> str:
 # TODO(vytas): Restructure this in favour of a cleaner way to hoist the pure
 # Cython functions into this module.
 if not TYPE_CHECKING:
-    decode = _cy_decode or decode  # NOQA
-    parse_query_string = _cy_parse_query_string or parse_query_string  # NOQA
+    if _cy_uri is not None:
+        decode = _cy_uri.decode  # NOQA
+        parse_query_string = _cy_uri.parse_query_string  # NOQA
 
 
 __all__ = [
diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index 73fbcea1e..c56da1c31 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -94,6 +94,53 @@
     format.quote-style = "single"
     line-length = 88
     extend-exclude = ["falcon/vendor"]
+    builtins = [
+        "ignore",
+        "attr",
+        "defined",
+    ]
+    exclude = [
+        ".ecosystem",
+        ".eggs",
+        ".git",
+        ".tox",
+        ".venv",
+        "build",
+        "dist",
+        "docs",
+        "examples",
+        "falcon/bench/nuts",
+    ]
+
+[tool.ruff.lint]
+    select = [
+        "C9",
+        "E",
+        "F",
+        "W",
+        "I"
+    ]
+
+[tool.ruff.lint.mccabe]
+    max-complexity = 15
+
+[tool.ruff.lint.per-file-ignores]
+    "**/__init__.py" = [
+        "F401",
+        "E402",
+        "F403"
+    ]
+    "falcon/uri.py" = ["F401"]
+
+[tool.ruff.lint.isort]
+    case-sensitive = false
+    force-single-line = true
+    order-by-type = false
+    single-line-exclusions = [
+        "typing"
+    ]
+    force-sort-within-sections = true
+    known-local-folder = ["asgilook", "look"]
 
 [tool.pytest.ini_options]
 filterwarnings = [
diff --git a/setup.cfg b/setup.cfg
index e7c308429..04059572e 100644
--- a/setup.cfg
+++ b/setup.cfg
@@ -78,15 +78,3 @@ tag_build = dev1
 
 [aliases]
 test=pytest
-
-[flake8]
-max-complexity = 15
-exclude = .ecosystem,.eggs,.git,.tox,.venv,build,dist,docs,examples,falcon/bench/nuts
-extend-ignore = F403,W504,E203,I202
-max-line-length = 88
-import-order-style = google
-application-import-names = falcon,examples
-builtins = ignore,attr,defined
-per-file-ignores =
-    **/__init__.py:F401,E402
-    falcon/uri.py:F401
diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index edae6c702..200e7bab3 100644
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -5,7 +5,8 @@
 import re
 import sys
 
-from setuptools import Extension, setup
+from setuptools import Extension
+from setuptools import setup
 
 MYDIR = path.abspath(os.path.dirname(__file__))
 
@@ -32,11 +33,9 @@ class BuildFailed(Exception):
 
 def get_cython_options():
     # from sqlalchemy setup.py
-    from distutils.errors import (
-        CCompilerError,
-        DistutilsExecError,
-        DistutilsPlatformError,
-    )
+    from distutils.errors import CCompilerError
+    from distutils.errors import DistutilsExecError
+    from distutils.errors import DistutilsPlatformError
 
     ext_errors = (CCompilerError, DistutilsExecError, DistutilsPlatformError)
     if sys.platform == 'win32':
diff --git a/tests/_wsgi_test_app.py b/tests/_wsgi_test_app.py
index 871ce3d04..aa565ef66 100644
--- a/tests/_wsgi_test_app.py
+++ b/tests/_wsgi_test_app.py
@@ -4,7 +4,6 @@
 
 import falcon
 
-
 HERE = os.path.abspath(os.path.dirname(__file__))
 
 
diff --git a/tests/asgi/test_asgi_servers.py b/tests/asgi/test_asgi_servers.py
index 321e41f96..6e790e0fd 100644
--- a/tests/asgi/test_asgi_servers.py
+++ b/tests/asgi/test_asgi_servers.py
@@ -17,8 +17,8 @@
 import websockets.exceptions
 
 from falcon import testing
-from . import _asgi_test_app
 
+from . import _asgi_test_app
 
 _MODULE_DIR = os.path.abspath(os.path.dirname(__file__))
 
diff --git a/tests/asgi/test_boundedstream_asgi.py b/tests/asgi/test_boundedstream_asgi.py
index 135d7441d..db79b7f86 100644
--- a/tests/asgi/test_boundedstream_asgi.py
+++ b/tests/asgi/test_boundedstream_asgi.py
@@ -3,7 +3,8 @@
 import pytest
 
 import falcon
-from falcon import asgi, testing
+from falcon import asgi
+from falcon import testing
 
 
 @pytest.mark.parametrize(
diff --git a/tests/asgi/test_hello_asgi.py b/tests/asgi/test_hello_asgi.py
index c60cc6737..cbc5d3dc3 100644
--- a/tests/asgi/test_hello_asgi.py
+++ b/tests/asgi/test_hello_asgi.py
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@
 import os
 import tempfile
 
+from _util import disable_asgi_non_coroutine_wrapping  # NOQA
 import aiofiles
 import pytest
 
@@ -9,9 +10,6 @@
 from falcon import testing
 import falcon.asgi
 
-from _util import disable_asgi_non_coroutine_wrapping  # NOQA
-
-
 SIZE_1_KB = 1024
 
 
diff --git a/tests/asgi/test_request_body_asgi.py b/tests/asgi/test_request_body_asgi.py
index 4726712e5..fed5267b9 100644
--- a/tests/asgi/test_request_body_asgi.py
+++ b/tests/asgi/test_request_body_asgi.py
@@ -7,7 +7,6 @@
 import falcon.request
 import falcon.testing as testing
 
-
 SIZE_1_KB = 1024
 
 
diff --git a/tests/asgi/test_response_media_asgi.py b/tests/asgi/test_response_media_asgi.py
index a55c6e606..b911c1486 100644
--- a/tests/asgi/test_response_media_asgi.py
+++ b/tests/asgi/test_response_media_asgi.py
@@ -3,7 +3,9 @@
 import pytest
 
 import falcon
-from falcon import errors, media, testing
+from falcon import errors
+from falcon import media
+from falcon import testing
 import falcon.asgi
 from falcon.util.deprecation import DeprecatedWarning
 
diff --git a/tests/asgi/test_scope.py b/tests/asgi/test_scope.py
index e368f6576..a4bd26293 100644
--- a/tests/asgi/test_scope.py
+++ b/tests/asgi/test_scope.py
@@ -5,7 +5,8 @@
 import falcon
 from falcon import testing
 from falcon.asgi import App
-from falcon.errors import UnsupportedError, UnsupportedScopeError
+from falcon.errors import UnsupportedError
+from falcon.errors import UnsupportedScopeError
 
 
 class CustomCookies:
diff --git a/tests/asgi/test_sse.py b/tests/asgi/test_sse.py
index df04688c7..f6e6a7b53 100644
--- a/tests/asgi/test_sse.py
+++ b/tests/asgi/test_sse.py
@@ -5,7 +5,8 @@
 
 import falcon
 from falcon import testing
-from falcon.asgi import App, SSEvent
+from falcon.asgi import App
+from falcon.asgi import SSEvent
 
 
 def test_no_events():
diff --git a/tests/asgi/test_testing_asgi.py b/tests/asgi/test_testing_asgi.py
index 5f67196de..f2de736cd 100644
--- a/tests/asgi/test_testing_asgi.py
+++ b/tests/asgi/test_testing_asgi.py
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@
 
 import falcon
 from falcon import testing
+
 from . import _asgi_test_app
 
 
diff --git a/tests/asgi/test_ws.py b/tests/asgi/test_ws.py
index 10004751d..e83911043 100644
--- a/tests/asgi/test_ws.py
+++ b/tests/asgi/test_ws.py
@@ -5,16 +5,15 @@
 import cbor2
 import pytest
 
-
 import falcon
-from falcon import media, testing
+from falcon import media
+from falcon import testing
 from falcon.asgi import App
 from falcon.asgi.ws import _WebSocketState as ServerWebSocketState
 from falcon.asgi.ws import WebSocket
 from falcon.asgi.ws import WebSocketOptions
 from falcon.testing.helpers import _WebSocketState as ClientWebSocketState
 
-
 try:
     import rapidjson  # type: ignore
 except ImportError:
diff --git a/tests/conftest.py b/tests/conftest.py
index 3ea143330..25707f7ca 100644
--- a/tests/conftest.py
+++ b/tests/conftest.py
@@ -4,7 +4,6 @@
 
 import falcon
 
-
 _FALCON_TEST_ENV = (
     ('FALCON_ASGI_WRAP_NON_COROUTINES', 'Y'),
     ('FALCON_TESTING_SESSION', 'Y'),
diff --git a/tests/test_after_hooks.py b/tests/test_after_hooks.py
index 4f5cc1f00..46bb07771 100644
--- a/tests/test_after_hooks.py
+++ b/tests/test_after_hooks.py
@@ -1,14 +1,13 @@
 import functools
 import json
 
+from _util import create_app  # NOQA
+from _util import create_resp  # NOQA
 import pytest
 
 import falcon
 from falcon import testing
 
-from _util import create_app, create_resp  # NOQA
-
-
 # --------------------------------------------------------------------
 # Fixtures
 # --------------------------------------------------------------------
diff --git a/tests/test_app_initializers.py b/tests/test_app_initializers.py
index a2cedd59d..0df3429c1 100644
--- a/tests/test_app_initializers.py
+++ b/tests/test_app_initializers.py
@@ -1,7 +1,8 @@
 import pytest
 
 import falcon
-from falcon import media, testing
+from falcon import media
+from falcon import testing
 
 
 class MediaResource:
diff --git a/tests/test_before_hooks.py b/tests/test_before_hooks.py
index ebc936030..23d5eed57 100644
--- a/tests/test_before_hooks.py
+++ b/tests/test_before_hooks.py
@@ -2,13 +2,14 @@
 import io
 import json
 
+from _util import create_app  # NOQA
+from _util import create_resp  # NOQA
+from _util import disable_asgi_non_coroutine_wrapping  # NOQA
 import pytest
 
 import falcon
 import falcon.testing as testing
 
-from _util import create_app, create_resp, disable_asgi_non_coroutine_wrapping  # NOQA
-
 
 def validate(req, resp, resource, params):
     assert resource
diff --git a/tests/test_cmd_inspect_app.py b/tests/test_cmd_inspect_app.py
index fc46d1192..7a6866f74 100644
--- a/tests/test_cmd_inspect_app.py
+++ b/tests/test_cmd_inspect_app.py
@@ -2,14 +2,14 @@
 import io
 import sys
 
+from _util import create_app  # NOQA
 import pytest
 
-from falcon import App, inspect
+from falcon import App
+from falcon import inspect
 from falcon.cmd import inspect_app
 from falcon.testing import redirected
 
-from _util import create_app  # NOQA
-
 _WIN32 = sys.platform.startswith('win')
 _MODULE = 'tests.test_cmd_inspect_app'
 
diff --git a/tests/test_compiled_router.py b/tests/test_compiled_router.py
index 74c3ac0cf..3ef622fa8 100644
--- a/tests/test_compiled_router.py
+++ b/tests/test_compiled_router.py
@@ -1,10 +1,12 @@
-from threading import Barrier, Thread
+from threading import Barrier
+from threading import Thread
 from time import sleep
 from unittest.mock import MagicMock
 
 import pytest
 
-from falcon.routing import CompiledRouter, CompiledRouterOptions
+from falcon.routing import CompiledRouter
+from falcon.routing import CompiledRouterOptions
 
 
 def test_find_src(monkeypatch):
diff --git a/tests/test_cookies.py b/tests/test_cookies.py
index 249bbbc63..55aeb28a2 100644
--- a/tests/test_cookies.py
+++ b/tests/test_cookies.py
@@ -1,15 +1,17 @@
-from datetime import datetime, timedelta, timezone, tzinfo
+from datetime import datetime
+from datetime import timedelta
+from datetime import timezone
+from datetime import tzinfo
 from http import cookies as http_cookies
 import re
 
+from _util import create_app  # NOQA
 import pytest
 
 import falcon
 import falcon.testing as testing
-from falcon.util import http_date_to_dt, TimezoneGMT
-
-from _util import create_app  # NOQA
-
+from falcon.util import http_date_to_dt
+from falcon.util import TimezoneGMT
 
 UNICODE_TEST_STRING = 'Unicode_\xc3\xa6\xc3\xb8'
 
diff --git a/tests/test_cors_middleware.py b/tests/test_cors_middleware.py
index 05f6c518e..dae9a7ee7 100644
--- a/tests/test_cors_middleware.py
+++ b/tests/test_cors_middleware.py
@@ -1,10 +1,10 @@
+from _util import create_app  # NOQA
+from _util import disable_asgi_non_coroutine_wrapping  # NOQA
 import pytest
 
 import falcon
 from falcon import testing
 
-from _util import create_app, disable_asgi_non_coroutine_wrapping  # NOQA
-
 
 @pytest.fixture
 def client(asgi):
diff --git a/tests/test_custom_router.py b/tests/test_custom_router.py
index b21b0c447..f38c914eb 100644
--- a/tests/test_custom_router.py
+++ b/tests/test_custom_router.py
@@ -1,10 +1,9 @@
+from _util import create_app  # NOQA
 import pytest
 
 import falcon
 from falcon import testing
 
-from _util import create_app  # NOQA
-
 
 @pytest.mark.parametrize('asgi', [True, False])
 def test_custom_router_add_route_should_be_used(asgi):
diff --git a/tests/test_cython.py b/tests/test_cython.py
index 93b7a83fa..ea7c92bbb 100644
--- a/tests/test_cython.py
+++ b/tests/test_cython.py
@@ -1,12 +1,11 @@
 import io
 
+from _util import has_cython  # NOQA
 import pytest
 
 import falcon
 import falcon.util
 
-from _util import has_cython  # NOQA
-
 
 class TestCythonized:
     @pytest.mark.skipif(not has_cython, reason='Cython not installed')
diff --git a/tests/test_default_router.py b/tests/test_default_router.py
index efffe29d0..de9dc83e0 100644
--- a/tests/test_default_router.py
+++ b/tests/test_default_router.py
@@ -1,12 +1,11 @@
 import textwrap
 
+from _util import create_app  # NOQA
 import pytest
 
 from falcon import testing
 from falcon.routing import DefaultRouter
 
-from _util import create_app  # NOQA
-
 
 def client(asgi):
     return testing.TestClient(create_app(asgi))
diff --git a/tests/test_deprecations.py b/tests/test_deprecations.py
index 09570a3b0..3907f268c 100644
--- a/tests/test_deprecations.py
+++ b/tests/test_deprecations.py
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
-from falcon import request_helpers, stream
+from falcon import request_helpers
+from falcon import stream
 
 
 def test_bounded_stream():
diff --git a/tests/test_deps.py b/tests/test_deps.py
index 73e28e1a6..a747b2af7 100644
--- a/tests/test_deps.py
+++ b/tests/test_deps.py
@@ -1,6 +1,5 @@
 from falcon.vendor import mimeparse
 
-
 # TODO(vytas): Remove this test since it makes little sense now that
 #   we have vendored python-mimeparse?
 
diff --git a/tests/test_error_handlers.py b/tests/test_error_handlers.py
index 06282bdc7..c6c5785ff 100644
--- a/tests/test_error_handlers.py
+++ b/tests/test_error_handlers.py
@@ -1,12 +1,13 @@
+from _util import create_app  # NOQA
+from _util import disable_asgi_non_coroutine_wrapping  # NOQA
 import pytest
 
 import falcon
-from falcon import constants, testing
+from falcon import constants
+from falcon import testing
 import falcon.asgi
 from falcon.util.deprecation import DeprecatedWarning
 
-from _util import create_app, disable_asgi_non_coroutine_wrapping  # NOQA
-
 
 def capture_error(req, resp, ex, params):
     resp.status = falcon.HTTP_723
diff --git a/tests/test_headers.py b/tests/test_headers.py
index afdf18e0c..ccf877fd1 100644
--- a/tests/test_headers.py
+++ b/tests/test_headers.py
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 from collections import defaultdict
 from datetime import datetime
 
+from _util import create_app  # NOQA
 import pytest
 
 import falcon
@@ -8,9 +9,6 @@
 from falcon.util.deprecation import DeprecatedWarning
 from falcon.util.misc import _utcnow
 
-from _util import create_app  # NOQA
-
-
 SAMPLE_BODY = testing.rand_string(0, 128 * 1024)
 
 
diff --git a/tests/test_http_custom_method_routing.py b/tests/test_http_custom_method_routing.py
index c80fa0289..7271f4082 100644
--- a/tests/test_http_custom_method_routing.py
+++ b/tests/test_http_custom_method_routing.py
@@ -2,6 +2,8 @@
 import os
 import wsgiref.validate
 
+from _util import create_app  # NOQA
+from _util import has_cython  # NOQA
 import pytest
 
 import falcon
@@ -9,9 +11,6 @@
 import falcon.constants
 from falcon.routing import util
 
-from _util import create_app, has_cython  # NOQA
-
-
 FALCON_CUSTOM_HTTP_METHODS = ['FOO', 'BAR']
 
 
diff --git a/tests/test_http_method_routing.py b/tests/test_http_method_routing.py
index 0ef87f384..529e4621d 100644
--- a/tests/test_http_method_routing.py
+++ b/tests/test_http_method_routing.py
@@ -1,13 +1,12 @@
 from functools import wraps
 
+from _util import create_app  # NOQA
 import pytest
 
 import falcon
 import falcon.constants
 import falcon.testing as testing
 
-from _util import create_app  # NOQA
-
 # RFC 7231, 5789 methods
 HTTP_METHODS = [
     'CONNECT',
diff --git a/tests/test_httperror.py b/tests/test_httperror.py
index e844a5957..2de1972ee 100644
--- a/tests/test_httperror.py
+++ b/tests/test_httperror.py
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@
 import wsgiref.validate
 import xml.etree.ElementTree as et  # noqa: I202
 
+from _util import create_app  # NOQA
 import pytest
 import yaml
 
@@ -13,8 +14,6 @@
 import falcon.testing as testing
 from falcon.util.deprecation import DeprecatedWarning
 
-from _util import create_app  # NOQA
-
 
 @pytest.fixture
 def client(asgi):
diff --git a/tests/test_httpstatus.py b/tests/test_httpstatus.py
index 41cbd0523..e7ff51c17 100644
--- a/tests/test_httpstatus.py
+++ b/tests/test_httpstatus.py
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@
 
 import http
 
+from _util import create_app  # NOQA
 import pytest
 
 import falcon
@@ -9,8 +10,6 @@
 import falcon.testing as testing
 from falcon.util.deprecation import AttributeRemovedError
 
-from _util import create_app  # NOQA
-
 
 @pytest.fixture(params=[True, False])
 def client(request):
diff --git a/tests/test_inspect.py b/tests/test_inspect.py
index 84b9c218b..5da970ed2 100644
--- a/tests/test_inspect.py
+++ b/tests/test_inspect.py
@@ -6,7 +6,8 @@
 import pytest
 
 import falcon
-from falcon import inspect, routing
+from falcon import inspect
+from falcon import routing
 import falcon.asgi
 
 
diff --git a/tests/test_media_handlers.py b/tests/test_media_handlers.py
index 8b95600b6..e0442751b 100644
--- a/tests/test_media_handlers.py
+++ b/tests/test_media_handlers.py
@@ -3,18 +3,17 @@
 import json
 import platform
 
+from _util import create_app  # NOQA
 import mujson
 import pytest
 import ujson
 
 import falcon
-from falcon import media, testing
+from falcon import media
+from falcon import testing
 from falcon.asgi.stream import BoundedStream
 from falcon.util.deprecation import DeprecatedWarning
 
-from _util import create_app  # NOQA
-
-
 orjson = None
 rapidjson = None
 try:
diff --git a/tests/test_media_multipart.py b/tests/test_media_multipart.py
index 6643a3146..1f91fe3e2 100644
--- a/tests/test_media_multipart.py
+++ b/tests/test_media_multipart.py
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@
 import os
 import random
 
+from _util import create_app  # NOQA: I100
 import pytest
 
 import falcon
@@ -10,9 +11,6 @@
 from falcon import testing
 from falcon.util import BufferedReader
 
-from _util import create_app  # NOQA: I100
-
-
 try:
     import msgpack  # type: ignore
 except ImportError:
diff --git a/tests/test_media_urlencoded.py b/tests/test_media_urlencoded.py
index be7458773..45d38c583 100644
--- a/tests/test_media_urlencoded.py
+++ b/tests/test_media_urlencoded.py
@@ -1,13 +1,12 @@
 import io
 
+from _util import create_app  # NOQA
 import pytest
 
 import falcon
 from falcon import media
 from falcon import testing
 
-from _util import create_app  # NOQA
-
 
 def test_deserialize_empty_form():
     handler = media.URLEncodedFormHandler()
diff --git a/tests/test_middleware.py b/tests/test_middleware.py
index 04de946e8..6b5557738 100644
--- a/tests/test_middleware.py
+++ b/tests/test_middleware.py
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@
     import cython
 except ImportError:
     cython = None
+from _util import create_app  # NOQA
 import pytest
 
 import falcon
@@ -12,9 +13,6 @@
 from falcon.util.deprecation import DeprecatedWarning
 from falcon.util.misc import _utcnow
 
-from _util import create_app  # NOQA
-
-
 _EXPECTED_BODY = {'status': 'ok'}
 
 context = {'executed_methods': []}  # type: ignore
diff --git a/tests/test_query_params.py b/tests/test_query_params.py
index 3d86da060..239daf5c2 100644
--- a/tests/test_query_params.py
+++ b/tests/test_query_params.py
@@ -1,15 +1,15 @@
-from datetime import date, datetime
+from datetime import date
+from datetime import datetime
 import json
 from uuid import UUID
 
+from _util import create_app  # NOQA
 import pytest
 
 import falcon
 from falcon.errors import HTTPInvalidParam
 import falcon.testing as testing
 
-from _util import create_app  # NOQA
-
 
 class Resource(testing.SimpleTestResource):
     @falcon.before(testing.capture_responder_args)
diff --git a/tests/test_redirects.py b/tests/test_redirects.py
index e4d2429b0..7138e084a 100644
--- a/tests/test_redirects.py
+++ b/tests/test_redirects.py
@@ -1,10 +1,9 @@
+from _util import create_app  # NOQA
 import pytest
 
 import falcon
 import falcon.testing as testing
 
-from _util import create_app  # NOQA
-
 
 @pytest.fixture
 def client(asgi):
diff --git a/tests/test_request_access_route.py b/tests/test_request_access_route.py
index 7571efae7..96de6a87e 100644
--- a/tests/test_request_access_route.py
+++ b/tests/test_request_access_route.py
@@ -1,10 +1,9 @@
+from _util import create_req  # NOQA
 import pytest
 
 from falcon.request import Request
 import falcon.testing as testing
 
-from _util import create_req  # NOQA
-
 
 def test_remote_addr_default(asgi):
     req = create_req(asgi)
diff --git a/tests/test_request_attrs.py b/tests/test_request_attrs.py
index 307e4bb90..561f67037 100644
--- a/tests/test_request_attrs.py
+++ b/tests/test_request_attrs.py
@@ -1,18 +1,17 @@
 import datetime
 import itertools
 
+from _util import create_req  # NOQA
 import pytest
 
 import falcon
-from falcon.request import Request, RequestOptions
+from falcon.request import Request
+from falcon.request import RequestOptions
 from falcon.request_helpers import _parse_etags
 import falcon.testing as testing
 import falcon.uri
 from falcon.util.structures import ETag
 
-from _util import create_req  # NOQA
-
-
 _HTTP_VERSIONS = ['1.0', '1.1', '2']
 
 
diff --git a/tests/test_request_forwarded.py b/tests/test_request_forwarded.py
index c4d36c39f..2ab60bb28 100644
--- a/tests/test_request_forwarded.py
+++ b/tests/test_request_forwarded.py
@@ -1,6 +1,5 @@
-import pytest
-
 from _util import create_req  # NOQA
+import pytest
 
 
 def test_no_forwarded_headers(asgi):
diff --git a/tests/test_request_media.py b/tests/test_request_media.py
index 23654cc27..4f3d8febc 100644
--- a/tests/test_request_media.py
+++ b/tests/test_request_media.py
@@ -1,11 +1,13 @@
 import json
 
+from _util import create_app  # NOQA
 import pytest
 
 import falcon
-from falcon import errors, media, testing, util
-
-from _util import create_app  # NOQA
+from falcon import errors
+from falcon import media
+from falcon import testing
+from falcon import util
 
 
 def create_client(asgi, handlers=None, resource=None):
diff --git a/tests/test_response.py b/tests/test_response.py
index fe2b73d93..f8e370eb1 100644
--- a/tests/test_response.py
+++ b/tests/test_response.py
@@ -1,10 +1,10 @@
 from unittest.mock import MagicMock
 
+from _util import create_resp  # NOQA
 import pytest
 
-from falcon import MEDIA_TEXT, ResponseOptions
-
-from _util import create_resp  # NOQA
+from falcon import MEDIA_TEXT
+from falcon import ResponseOptions
 
 
 @pytest.fixture(params=[True, False])
diff --git a/tests/test_response_body.py b/tests/test_response_body.py
index 8a1a221bb..2f1e9027e 100644
--- a/tests/test_response_body.py
+++ b/tests/test_response_body.py
@@ -1,11 +1,11 @@
+from _util import create_app  # NOQA
+from _util import create_resp  # NOQA
 import pytest
 
 import falcon
 from falcon import testing
 from falcon.util.deprecation import AttributeRemovedError
 
-from _util import create_app, create_resp  # NOQA
-
 
 @pytest.fixture
 def resp(asgi):
diff --git a/tests/test_response_media.py b/tests/test_response_media.py
index 6c19a59ea..4c72ce374 100644
--- a/tests/test_response_media.py
+++ b/tests/test_response_media.py
@@ -3,7 +3,9 @@
 import pytest
 
 import falcon
-from falcon import errors, media, testing
+from falcon import errors
+from falcon import media
+from falcon import testing
 
 
 @pytest.fixture
diff --git a/tests/test_sink_and_static.py b/tests/test_sink_and_static.py
index 35002e289..c87a2c53e 100644
--- a/tests/test_sink_and_static.py
+++ b/tests/test_sink_and_static.py
@@ -1,10 +1,9 @@
+from _util import create_app  # NOQA
 import pytest
 
 import falcon
 from falcon import testing
 
-from _util import create_app  # NOQA
-
 
 def sink(req, resp, **kw):
     resp.text = 'sink'
diff --git a/tests/test_sinks.py b/tests/test_sinks.py
index a1427c41f..ca241151f 100644
--- a/tests/test_sinks.py
+++ b/tests/test_sinks.py
@@ -1,12 +1,12 @@
 import re
 
+from _util import create_app  # NOQA
+from _util import disable_asgi_non_coroutine_wrapping  # NOQA
 import pytest
 
 import falcon
 import falcon.testing as testing
 
-from _util import create_app, disable_asgi_non_coroutine_wrapping  # NOQA
-
 
 class Proxy:
     def forward(self, req):
diff --git a/tests/test_static.py b/tests/test_static.py
index 591276da4..2b9907adb 100644
--- a/tests/test_static.py
+++ b/tests/test_static.py
@@ -3,15 +3,15 @@
 import os
 import pathlib
 
+import _util  # NOQA
 import pytest
 
 import falcon
-from falcon.routing import StaticRoute, StaticRouteAsync
+from falcon.routing import StaticRoute
+from falcon.routing import StaticRouteAsync
 from falcon.routing.static import _BoundedFile
 import falcon.testing as testing
 
-import _util  # NOQA
-
 
 @pytest.fixture()
 def client(asgi):
diff --git a/tests/test_testing.py b/tests/test_testing.py
index d3cc193b2..0cf4a3d3a 100644
--- a/tests/test_testing.py
+++ b/tests/test_testing.py
@@ -1,9 +1,10 @@
+from _util import create_app  # NOQA: I100
 import pytest
 
 import falcon
-from falcon import App, status_codes, testing
-
-from _util import create_app  # NOQA: I100
+from falcon import App
+from falcon import status_codes
+from falcon import testing
 
 
 class CustomCookies:
diff --git a/tests/test_uri_converters.py b/tests/test_uri_converters.py
index 7efc39fbf..9b75b46a3 100644
--- a/tests/test_uri_converters.py
+++ b/tests/test_uri_converters.py
@@ -8,7 +8,6 @@
 
 from falcon.routing import converters
 
-
 _TEST_UUID = uuid.uuid4()
 _TEST_UUID_STR = str(_TEST_UUID)
 _TEST_UUID_STR_SANS_HYPHENS = _TEST_UUID_STR.replace('-', '')
diff --git a/tests/test_uri_templates.py b/tests/test_uri_templates.py
index 448209a5a..3c7805cb7 100644
--- a/tests/test_uri_templates.py
+++ b/tests/test_uri_templates.py
@@ -9,15 +9,14 @@
 import math
 import uuid
 
+from _util import as_params  # NOQA
+from _util import create_app  # NOQA
 import pytest
 
 import falcon
 from falcon import testing
 from falcon.routing.util import SuffixedMethodNotFoundError
 
-from _util import as_params, create_app  # NOQA
-
-
 _TEST_UUID = uuid.uuid4()
 _TEST_UUID_2 = uuid.uuid4()
 _TEST_UUID_STR = str(_TEST_UUID)
diff --git a/tests/test_utils.py b/tests/test_utils.py
index 27e369cca..2a4459e43 100644
--- a/tests/test_utils.py
+++ b/tests/test_utils.py
@@ -1,23 +1,31 @@
 # -*- coding: utf-8 -*-
 
-from datetime import datetime, timezone
+from datetime import datetime
+from datetime import timezone
 import functools
 import http
 import itertools
 import json
 import random
-from urllib.parse import quote, unquote_plus
+from urllib.parse import quote
+from urllib.parse import unquote_plus
 
+from _util import create_app  # NOQA
+from _util import to_coroutine  # NOQA
 import pytest
 
 import falcon
 from falcon import media
 from falcon import testing
 from falcon import util
-from falcon.constants import MEDIA_JSON, MEDIA_MSGPACK, MEDIA_URLENCODED, MEDIA_YAML
-from falcon.util import deprecation, misc, structures, uri
-
-from _util import create_app, to_coroutine  # NOQA
+from falcon.constants import MEDIA_JSON
+from falcon.constants import MEDIA_MSGPACK
+from falcon.constants import MEDIA_URLENCODED
+from falcon.constants import MEDIA_YAML
+from falcon.util import deprecation
+from falcon.util import misc
+from falcon.util import structures
+from falcon.util import uri
 
 
 @pytest.fixture
diff --git a/tests/test_validators.py b/tests/test_validators.py
index a7f5ed273..6f04dd6a3 100644
--- a/tests/test_validators.py
+++ b/tests/test_validators.py
@@ -1,24 +1,17 @@
 import typing  # NOQA: F401
 
 try:
-    import jsonschema as _jsonschema  # NOQA
+    import jsonschema
 except ImportError:
-    pass
+    jsonschema = None  # type: ignore
+from _util import create_app  # NOQA
+from _util import disable_asgi_non_coroutine_wrapping  # NOQA
 import pytest
 
 import falcon
 from falcon import testing
 from falcon.media import validators
 
-from _util import create_app, disable_asgi_non_coroutine_wrapping  # NOQA
-
-
-# NOTE(kgriffs): Default to None if missing. We do it like this, here, instead
-#   of in the body of the except statement, above, to avoid flake8 import
-#   ordering errors.
-jsonschema = globals().get('_jsonschema')
-
-
 _VALID_MEDIA = {'message': 'something'}
 _INVALID_MEDIA = {}  # type: typing.Dict[str, str]
 
diff --git a/tox.ini b/tox.ini
index e6ca31342..20c2feac0 100644
--- a/tox.ini
+++ b/tox.ini
@@ -264,10 +264,8 @@ commands = {[smoke-test]commands}
 # --------------------------------------------------------------------
 
 [testenv:pep8]
-deps = flake8
-       flake8-quotes
-       flake8-import-order
-commands = flake8 []
+deps = ruff
+commands = ruff check []
 
 [testenv:ruff]
 deps = ruff>=0.3.7
@@ -280,29 +278,15 @@ skip_install = True
 commands = ruff format . []
 
 [testenv:pep8-docstrings]
-deps = flake8
-       flake8-docstrings
-basepython = python3.10
-commands = flake8 \
-             --docstring-convention=pep257 \
+deps = ruff
+commands = ruff check \
              --exclude=.ecosystem,.eggs,.git,.tox,.venv,build,dist,docs,examples,tests,falcon/vendor,falcon/bench/nuts \
              --select=D205,D212,D400,D401,D403,D404 \
              []
 
 [testenv:pep8-examples]
-deps = flake8
-       flake8-quotes
-       flake8-import-order
-
-basepython = python3.10
-
-commands = flake8 examples \
-             --max-complexity=12 \
-             --ignore=F403,W503,W504 \
-             --max-line-length=99 \
-             --import-order-style=google \
-             --application-import-names=asgilook,look \
-             []
+deps = ruff
+commands = ruff check examples --line-length=99 []
 
 # --------------------------------------------------------------------
 # For viewing environ dicts generated by various WSGI servers