2023-08-17 Frontend Working Group Meeting Notes

5 min

Moving packages from @edx to @openedx

@Adolfo Brandes

Which of these should we move? https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/13hAbxdVrUC9eQuEDqJyQ0tdnab1x6niLOrKf6ViOvWg/edit#gid=0

• Can we leverage release.yaml to automate this?

• Knowledge sharing with 2U Inc about NPM situation

5 min

@openedx piral version npm suffix?

@Adolfo Brandes

What should we suffix experimental npm packages with? What should the version be?

• Instead of just “-alpha”, “-piral-alpha”, using the next major version

• For MFEs/pilets themselves:

  • They’re not published to NPM right now anyway

  • We’re likely publishing to and consuming them from S3, so not a big concern

5 min

Reorganizing OEP-11

@Adolfo Brandes

OEP-11: move rejected alternatives into ADR pages by brian-smith-tcril · Pull Request #508 · openedx/open-edx-proposals

5 min

Ditching Zoom

@Adolfo Brandes

There’s been backlash at the new TOS, and I feel like instead of imposing it on our WG members, we should move to another provider. Likely Google Meet, but I’m taking suggestions.

• For what it’s worth, there’s been an update on this: https://variety.com/2023/digital/news/zoom-ai-training-backlash-customer-content-terms-of-service-1235694207/

  • Still, it’s less than reassuring that they only reverted after the backlash

• How about Jitsy/BBB/p2p.chat?

  • Jitsy worked for some people, apparently

10-15 min

Typescript

@Ben Warzeski (Deactivated)

Open, stable PRs against multiple Repos both using and not using typescript, with working CI. What are next steps to getting the alpha branch of frontend-build merged to master?

importing but not using TS:
Update frontend-build to latest alpha(#343) by muselesscreator · Pull Request #346 · openedx/frontend-app-gradebook
feat: bump to frontend-build alpha by muselesscreator · Pull Request #1148 · openedx/frontend-app-learning

importing and using:
GitHub - openedx/frontend-app-ora: Open Response Assessment MFE

• Ben suggests using GitHub - timkindberg/jest-when: Jest support for mock argument-matched return values. for Typescript tests

5-10 min

Automated a11y testing

@Jeremy Bowman (Deactivated)

We stopped using pa11ycrawler and Selenium tests using axe-core, intending to choose better tools later. Where are we now, and what are next steps?

• I hear there’s some form of a11y linter for MFEs; is it being used?

  • @Ben Warzeski (Deactivated) suggests doing a11y testing at the integration level (when react-testing-library is likely invoked)

  • Testing React with jest, jest-axe, and react-testing-library

• 2U’s a11y and QA people plan to start talking about this soon, does anyone have recommendations or want to be actively involved?

5 min

Frontend plugins

@Jason Wesson

• 2U wants to use plugins for Learner Home/Dashboard

• Jason (Aperture team) and Vanguards team has taken upon themselves to see this through

  • New ADR on frontend-platform on how to handle iframe failure; not have that fallback method exist in frontend-platform, but have the MFE handle it

  • JS tubular configuration PR