2024-05-09 Frontend Working Group Meeting Notes: Plugin Slots
Date, time, location
Date:Feb 29, 2024 at 15:00 UTC (timezone converter)
Location: https://meet.google.com/cxz-yjwi-gvi
Discussion topic(s)
Standardizing plugin slots.
🎥Recording
Video: https://drive.google.com/open?id=1vLYtwsPQrzNhN4TsxxWEwuveM9nq8Zzp&usp=drive_copy
Chat: https://drive.google.com/open?id=1avl4wzlxxXz8YoE6lf407iVmKcWwzRad&usp=drive_copy
Transcript: https://drive.google.com/open?id=1tS-IrrQvvoAuM2LkyE5qzoVzNhX_9JFietDOiGgN0cg&usp=drive_copy
Participants
Adolfo Brandes, Brayan Cerón, Brian Smith, Fox Piacenti, Glib Glugovskiy, Hina Khadim, Jason Wesson, Jesper Hodge, Marlon Keating, Max Frank, Mohamed Rafeeh Ibrahim, Zameel Hassan
🤖 Summary
Redwood Cutoff and Milestones:
Upcoming Redwood cutoff in two hours.
Review of tasks and milestones, including the standardization of plugin slots and conversion to the frontend component header.
A PR related to the header replacement is pending review.
Additional tasks include addressing an agenda mail block variance and minor fixes for string replacements and plugin work.
Header and Learner Dashboard Update:
Ongoing efforts to replace the header with the Open edX version.
Some tasks still pending and need follow-up from specific teams.
Brian Smith’s Update on Standardizing Plugin Slots:
Introduction of a standardized approach for plugin slots across MFEs.
Detailed documentation and example codes for each slot.
Discussion on how to handle dependencies and updates without breaking existing implementations.
Future goals include having reusable slots across all MFEs.
Discussion on Implementation and Usage:
Questions about the adoption and implementation of new slots.
Clarification on the impact of the new implementation on existing codebases and future projects.
Tutor Users and Plugin Slots:
Exploration of how tutor users can utilize plugin slots, considering current limitations.
Possible solutions include forking MFEs or mounting directories at build time.
Runtime Theming and Design Tokens:
Max Frank inquired about the support for external CSS themes using Paragon.
Brian Smith confirmed this aligns with ongoing design tokens efforts and provided a Slack channel for further discussions.
Frontend Study Group:
Max Frank shared a document to track topics for the Frontend Study Group.
Encouragement for community contributions and participation.
Plans to organize and schedule future study group meetings and topics.
Finalizing Modular MFEs:
Discussion on the potential of using Vite over Webpack for better performance.
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