Frontend discussion

[stagas]

frontend

• framework: React(?), Vue(?), other(?)
• local dev: live-server(?)
• testing: jest(?)

[sgimeno]

Some quick thoughts:

• framework: React (Vue memory leaks and available documentation it is not so great. Who wants Angular? (forces to run node v6.X with harmony flags, uses un-stable ES6-7 features, TypeScript...))
• local dev: Webpack is dead (just kiddin, but it is overengineered for sure, much more control of a build than we actually need). Check this https://parceljs.org/ (recommended by substack and others)
• testing: jest has good opinions but I haven't tried. So far in my current React project I'm using a combination of Enzyme + mocha + chai (for assertions) + sinon (spies, stubs...). I can help with a setup like this.

[stagas]

• framework: Agree, being going back and forth for this, but I also think React is the way to go. More stable, more support, more ready-made components available so it looks to me it's the most future proof solution, even if it comes as heavy as it does.
• local dev: Let's start with whatever React offers out of the box in its project scaffolder, instead of spending time configuring something ourselves(poorly). Webpack also has the most support in terms of plugins.
• testing: Jest is the de facto for React apps, it's an all-in-one solution with spies etc. builtin. Less configuration - more time left for product dev. Enzyme is also a good addition to that stack IMO. Let's see if the default Jest assertions are adequate before adding chai.

[stagas]

Also, we should make it a PWA from the start, so let's investigate build solutions there (webpack plugin for service workers?). Any experience there?