2017-11-08 FedX Roadmap

This is a tentative roadmap for FedX's foreseeable future.

edx-platform asset pipeline overhaul  FEDX-391 - Getting issue details... STATUS

• Lead: Dave
• Support: Ari, devops, platform
• Remove low-hanging fruit
  • Discovery, longterm roadmap
• Port functionality from Python to Webpack (Dave + Ari)
• Devops component (devops)
• See also:
  • Asset Compilation Audit 2017-11-01
  • edx-platform Static Asset Work Log

SFE Arch and React Ramp-up

• Implementor: Dahlia
• Support: Ari
• Details: https://github.com/edx/studio-frontend
• Short-term goal: ship assets page
• Done by end of this quarter?
• SFE Arch can inform React cookiecutter

Backbone + React  FEDX-418 - Getting issue details... STATUS

• Implementor: Ari
• Discovery (~1 week including interrupts) 
• React in Backbone
• React alongside Backbone, connected by backbone-redux
• Details: Discovery: Backbone, React, and Redux

Marketing pipeline  FEDX-393 - Getting issue details... STATUS

• Implementor: Growth
• Support: Ari
• Development builds
• Production build / release flow
  • This should happen in GoCD if possible (requires someone with GoCD knowledge)
  • If source files must live in git, it can be done as a quick-and-dirty Travis job
  • We CAN build dist files on Acquia's machines – find out details about this
  • LEARNER-621 - Getting issue details... STATUS
  • Need to support local branch pushes to Acquia (pre-stage environment)
    • pre-push hook?
    • additional make target?

Frontend cookiecutter  FEDX-425 - Getting issue details... STATUS

• Implementor: Ari
• Support: Dahlia, FedX at large
• Could this be a collaborative effort?
• Put all these in github issues
  • One async request
  • Polyfills
  • Paragon
  • Bootstrap
  • i18n
  • sharing data from Python templates
  • EXTREMELY WELL DOCUMENTED webpack config/build
  • build & release
  • docker stuff
  • redux stuff
  • organization
  • generic XHRs
  • HOCs
  • dependency injection
  • tests
    • components (enzyme)
    • coverage
    • redux
  • Greenkeeper

Node 8 across the boards  FEDX-394 - Getting issue details... STATUS

• Implementor: devops and/or platform
• Support: Ari
• Deterministic builds (in time for Hawthorne?)
• Node 6 LTS ends in April
• Tyler/Brian tried to do this, ran into issues

Marketing static React project

• Implementor: Growth
• Support: Ari, devops
• Statically-rendered HTML generated by React and served as static assets
• First project: terms of service
• Second project: homepage

Build & release automation  FEDX-416 - Getting issue details... STATUS

• Implementor: anyone interested
• Support: Ari
• Travis build + release flow for all frontend packages
• Details:

Bootstrap training / guidance  FEDX-427 - Getting issue details... STATUS

• Lead: Harry & Matt
• Support: Ari
• Not completely done! Needs owner. Needs investment
• No pattern library
• Presentation?
  • Interactive demo/workshop
• Take down pattern library website and docs, replace with documentation of newer stuff

JS quality tooling for edx-platform  FEDX-417 - Getting issue details... STATUS

• Implementor: anyone interested
• Support: Ari
• Details:  FEDX-374 - Getting issue details... STATUS

Sell decoupled frontend  FEDX-428 - Getting issue details... STATUS

• Implementors: Ari & Dave
• Support: FedX at large
• Cookiecutter will also help
• OEP
• Blog post
• Presentation(s)?