v2 Roadmap

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This issue summarizes all todo's for a v2 release.

The main goal is to revitalize the project, solve technical debts and bring it to a usable state.
This list isn't complete and will be updated during implementation.

All work in happening in the v2 branch

Syntax & Expressions

• [x] Improve template and expression syntax - https://github.com/go-gilbert/gilbert/pull/80
• [x] Implement logical expression parser (e.g. ${ foo.bar + 4})
• [x] Parse logical expressions and string templates on unmarshal
• [ ] Improve syntax error report
  • go-yaml supports annotations generation (see)
  • Expression validation will be implemented in previous step.

Command-line Interface

• [x] Allow tasks to accept command line flags instead of generic scope var definitions.
  • ⏳ Inputs type and format validation support
  • [x] Inputs documentation
• [x] Show tasks documentation when doing gilbert run --help

Plugins API

Initial plugins API was based on Go plugin feature. That decision didn't pay off and caused a lot off compatibility issues.

• [x] Deprecate legacy plugins API - https://github.com/go-gilbert/gilbert/pull/75
• [ ] Implement WebAssembly plugin runtime
• [ ] Implement inter-process plugin runtime
• [ ] Design a new plugin API that can be used in WASM and by other processes.
  • Protobuf/gRPC?
• [ ] Design a plugin packaging format.
  • Plugin might bundle mixins and string interpolation functions,
  • Plugin should declare all its inputs, actions, etc in a manifest.
  • Plugin might depend on external command-line tools, which need to be auto-installed.
  • Lockfile support?

Misc

• [x] Migrate to GitHub Actions - https://github.com/go-gilbert/gilbert/pull/78
• [ ] Update/replace outdated dependencies:
  • [x] gopkg.in/yaml.v2 - https://github.com/go-gilbert/gilbert/pull/77
  • [x] github.com/mitchellh/mapstructure - https://github.com/go-gilbert/gilbert/pull/76