[Koha-devel] To React or not to React

[Kyle Hall]

Question: what has Facebook added to js that we could not use as "regular"
> js? Not a show stopper, but our "gut feeling" (not fully documented, but
> more than anecdotal) is that all js code, given its standalone capability,
> has a more than proportional speed downside. And I'm not going near the
> licensing questions.
>
> If I understand this bug 17297 ("low enhancement") correctly, it refines
> itemnotes by adding granularity. If this is a "good thing", can the
> original coding be improved? Add an auth value? If we need js, how optional
> might this be? (do we know how many Koha users are truly interested?)
>
> I've always been impressed by Koha core speed, and without using such
> expressions as "mission creep" (or heaven forfend, code bloat) I truly
> recognize that enhancements are a real life necessity. Just wondering how
> and where they are best added while maintaining the KISS principle...
>
> Best -- Paul
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> Kyle
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> On Fri, Sep 16, 2016 at 9:50 AM, Stefano Bargioni <bargioni at pusc.it>
> wrote:
> My +1 for React. Angular requires a specific skill, other than Javascript.
> Stefano
>
> On 15 set 2016, at 19:22, Kyle Hall <kyle.m.hall at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> I have my proof of concept for using React within Koha completed! You
> can see it here:Â https://bugs.koha-community.
> org/bugzilla3/show_bug.cgi?id=17297
>
> Please give it a try!
>
> So, I've written this development ( at least in part ) in both Angular
> and React. I know Angular 2 is out but here are my thoughts so far.
>
> 1) It's much easier to think in React than in Angular. React is for
> the most part just Javascript. It's far less opinionated than Angular. They
> saying goes React is Javascript and Angular is Angular. I think the
> flexibility of React works well within the Koha ecosystem.
>
> 2) Writing React feels much more like programming. I think it's much
> faster to develop reactive and ajax features in React than it is using
> jQuery.
>
> 3) React makes it pretty easy to create widgets that we can drop in to a
> given page and have just work. Pretty much anything that shows up on
> multiple pages would make for a good React widget. Think the holds table
> which is on the checkouts page and the patron details page. It is ajaxified
> now, but a far far cleaner version could be written in React.
>
> 4) React is just a view layer. Angular is a full MVC framework with many
> pieces we don't really need.
>
> I think React is probably the way to go for Koha. I like Angular but for
> Koha in particular, I think React is a better fit. I think we really need
> to get this decision made as soon as possible. If anyone has opinions,
> please let everyone know!
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>
> Kyle
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