[explorer][1000 USD] Migrate to TypeScript

faustbrian commented 5 years ago

About This Project

The ARK Explorer front-end should be migrated from JavaScript to TypeScript. The migration to TypeScript will give us more confidence that everything works as expected and new contributors will have an easier time joining as the code is self-documented for the most part.

See the new paper wallet at https://github.com/ArkEcosystem/paper-wallet for a project that uses TypeScript and Vue CLI.

The difficulty level of this bounty is estimated as advanced. The reward for completion of this project is set at $1000 (paid in ARK Ѧ).

Requirements for completion:

Migrate all components to class components
Add variable types and return types to all functions
Adjust tests if necessary

If something is hard to change it probably is time to refactor the components that cause trouble.

Necessary Skills:

Note Vue 3 will make TypeScript a first-class citizen but this is still months away and the syntax won't change much or at all, so it's mostly tooling we will have to update once it's ready.

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dated commented 5 years ago

I started to experiment a bit with a typescript setup but have very limited time until the end of the month, so i am not calling dibs on this just yet.

boldninja commented 5 years ago

not-dibs-dibs