[ovirt-devel] Moving oVirt JavaScript application stack forward (short and long term)

Hello, regarding oVirt JavaScript applications (like Dashboard), we'd like to reach a point where we'll be using latest Node.js LTS runtime and lock down all dependency versions, resulting in reproducible builds. Please note that both Node.js and all JS dependencies are needed only when building oVirt JavaScript applications & corresponding packages. The near future items are following: 1, patch ovirt-engine-{nodejs,nodejs-modules} to use Node.js v6 (LTS), refer to https://github.com/nodejs/LTS for more details 2, patch ovirt-engine-nodejs-modules to use Node.js runtime provided by ovirt-engine-nodejs - revive https://gerrit.ovirt.org/#/c/59898/ 3, lock down dependency versions in ovirt-engine-nodejs-modules via npm-shrinkwrap - finalize https://gerrit.ovirt.org/#/c/61957/ 4, consolidate dependencies across projects: 4a, update react-patternfly: - https://github.com/jtomasek/react-patternfly/ - add common PatternFly components (e.g. out of Dashboard) 4b, update ovirt-ui-components: - https://github.com/matobet/ovirt-ui-components/ - depend on react-patternfly - add oVirt specific components (e.g. out of Dashboard) 4c, update ovirt-engine-nodejs-modules: - depend on ovirt-ui-components 4d, update all oVirt JS projects, like Dashboard - depend on ovirt-ui-components *all* oVirt JS projects should depend on ovirt-ui-components. react-patternfly exists separately to support non-oVirt cases. 5, develop "showcase" webapp as part of react-patternfly repo to ensure it's well-aligned with PatternFly look'n'feel - it would be nice to host the "showcase" webapp somewhere 6, address common problems that arise from using npm-shrinkwrap - deterministic (predictable) dependency resolution - checksum verification to ensure integrity of dependencies - dependency de-duplication (avoid multiple versions) Yarn [1][2] addresses all problems mentioned above. It's still in early development, so I'd wait a bit and see how it matures. Note: ManageIQ UI is already using Yarn [3]. [1] https://code.facebook.com/posts/1840075619545360 [2] https://github.com/yarnpkg/yarn [3] https://github.com/ManageIQ/manageiq-ui-service/pull/296/files Feel free to share your thoughts or concerns. Regards, Vojtech