Technical Workshop 2024

PSA: The goal is to create a productive and engaging workshop that fosters clear communication and helps everyone align on the best architectural approaches.

Workshop Topics

1. Internationalization (i18n) Structure

• Goal: Establish a clear and consistent pattern for organizing language translations.
• Discussion Points:
  • Should we adopt a ScreenOrComponent.Text format (e.g.,t("LoadingPlaceholder.Connection"))?
  • How do we handle commonly used phrases like "Cancel" or "Accept"?
  • Are there other naming conventions or organizational structures we should consider?

2. Customization Levels

• Goal: Make the application easier to customize at different levels without overwhelming developers with a complex theming system.
• Discussion Points:
  • Simple Style Overrides: How can we enable easy overrides for basic styles like button borders or colors?
  • Component Replacement: What's the best way to allow teams to completely replace a component with their own custom implementation?
  • Navigation Customization: How do we handle overrides for navigation elements while maintaining a consistent user experience?

Additional Considerations (Optional)

• Include a section on best practices and tools for internationalization and customization.
• Theming
  • Toasters? Yes/No/Maybe
  • Dark Mode / Light Mode
  • Backwards Compatible (when something is added, it shouldn't break)
  • Logos/Images
• If time permits, a hands-on exercise or example could help solidify understanding.

3. NPM namespace

• Goal: Migrate to a new namespace so that we can leave the "aries"
• Discussion Points:
  • We need to migrate away from the use of the "aries" name in our packages
  • This can be done at the same time as we move to release 1.0.0 of the bifold package