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Consideration for Migration to a Modern Frontend Framework.

Open Akhilesh-max opened this issue 11 months ago • 1 comments

I’ve been working on the caMicroscope platform and noticed that the frontend is not based on a modern framework like React, Angular, or Vue.js. While the current setup works, there are several inconsistencies and challenges that could be addressed more effectively with a modern frontend framework.

Some of the issues include:

Navbar Consistency: Currently, we need to use the same navbar everywhere. A modern framework would allow us to create a single navbar component that can be reused across different pages, ensuring consistency and reducing redundancy.

Component Building: Modern frameworks provide robust support for building reusable components, which can make the code more organized, easier to maintain, and reduce bugs.

Feature Implementation: Implementing new features like a dark mode can be challenging with the current setup. Modern frameworks often have extensive libraries and community solutions that can make implementing such features easier. Migrating to a modern framework could provide several benefits: Also, the current setup will get too cluttered when we will try to scale it.

Efficiency: Modern frameworks can make the development process more efficient by providing built-in solutions for common tasks. Performance: They often include optimizations that can improve the performance of the web application. Scalability: As the platform grows, a modern framework can make it easier to scale the application while keeping the codebase manageable.

I believe that considering a migration to a modern frontend framework could be beneficial for the future development and maintenance of caMicroscope.

@birm I look forward to hearing your thoughts on this.

Akhilesh-max avatar Mar 06 '24 11:03 Akhilesh-max

This is a good suggestion @Akhilesh-max . Are you an Outreachy intern in contribution phase? Hello @birm , kindly look at this?

JUNNY12 avatar Mar 08 '24 07:03 JUNNY12