Web App Team Tech Strategy 2022

[novocaine]

Strategic work to improve Element Web that we aim to complete in 2022.

• Write tests as part of work as per https://github.com/matrix-org/matrix-js-sdk/blob/develop/CONTRIBUTING.md#tests
  • New code coverage for matrix-react-sdk
  • New code coverage for matrix-js-sdk
• Move e2e test suite over to Cypress element-web#21083
• Convert all react-sdk tests to typescript element-web#21965 [KA]
• Convert all matrix-js-sdk tests to use Typescript matrix-org/matrix-js-sdk#2353 [KA]
• Detect and delete unused code using static analysis element-web#21969
• Consider switching http libs matrix-org/matrix-js-sdk#801
• Element web 2022 code style guide #216
• Have js-sdk pass strictNullChecks: true matrix-org/matrix-js-sdk#2112
• Use strictNullChecks in matrix-react-sdk element-web#21967 (needs owner)
• Enable noImplicitAny for matrix-js-sdk and matrix-react-sdk element-web#21968 (needs owner)
• Automated performance testing element-web#21738
• Reduce compilation time of Element Web element-web#21970 (needs owner)
• Reduce time required to run tests element-web#21971
• Adopt the E2EE cryptography module from matrix-rust-sdk: "Element R" element-web#21972
• [Epic] Sliding Sync in Element Web element-web#22264
• Consolidate state management element-web#23543

[Johennes]

Closing this off since we're in '23 now. This year's agenda is tracked in element-hq/element-web#24660.