Developer Experience Help

Overview

Platform

https://kurocado-studio.github.io/platform

Repository

https://github.com/Kurocado-Studio/dev-experience

Main

CI/CD Main Pipeline

Kurocado Studio’s Developer Experience (DevEx) repository centralizes utilities and workflows to enhance productivity for both internal and client-facing projects. Core components include:

  • Axios Wrappers for simplified API interactions

  • Reusable React Hooks for handling common application tasks

  • Streamlined Form-Handling Libraries to reduce boilerplate

By consolidating these tools, we ensure rapid, consistent development practices across our organization.

Objectives

  1. Frictionless Development Workflows

    • Provide easy-to-use libraries that reduce boilerplate and manual setup, allowing developers to focus on features rather than configuration.

  2. Consistent & Maintainable Code

    • Standardize how APIs are called, forms are handled, and state is managed, ensuring all teams produce quality, uniform code.

  3. Reusability & Extensibility

    • Encourage the sharing of common solutions—like React hooks—across different projects, while still allowing customization for unique needs.

  4. Accelerated Project Onboarding

    • Minimize ramp-up time for new developers or external contributors by offering straightforward, documented utilities they can plug into any Kurocado Studio project.

Use Cases

  1. Internal Team Adoption

    • Kurocado Studio’s internal teams will rely on this Dev Experience solution as the definitive reference for utility libraries—ensuring new features can be developed quickly and uniformly.

  2. External Contributor Alignment

    • External developers or freelancers working with Kurocado Studio can incorporate the same libraries and patterns, avoiding inconsistent approaches or duplicate effort.

  3. Client Collaboration

    • The Dev Experience solutions (e.g., axios wrappers, form libraries, and custom hooks) will serve as transparent, cost-free resources for clients and other boutique studios. By making these libraries openly available, we empower external teams to understand, influence, and adapt the underlying architecture to suit their specific needs.

Scope & Constraints

In Scope

  • Common Utility Libraries

    • Preconfigured axios instances, shared config for request/response interceptors, and error handling patterns.

  • Reusable React Hooks

    • Hooks for data fetching, form handling, and state management that streamline typical workflows.

  • Documentation & Examples

    • Clear usage guides, code snippets, and best-practice patterns for front-end (and possibly back-end) tasks.

Constraints

  • Evolving Ecosystem

    • Third-party dependencies (React, axios, form libraries) update frequently, requiring consistent maintenance and versioning.

  • Resource Allocation

    • Limited developer time mandates focusing on the highest-impact utilities first.

  • Client-Specific Needs

    • Striking a balance between universal solutions and specialized client requests may require flexible plugin or extension systems.

Key Milestones

  1. Foundational Utilities

    • Publish core axios wrapper, basic React hooks (e.g., useFetch), and initial form-handling utilities.

    • Provide fundamental documentation and example usage in a sample application.

  2. Expansion & Refinement

    • Extend libraries to handle more complex use cases (e.g., file uploads, concurrency control, or advanced validation).

    • Optimize developer ergonomics by improving TypeScript definitions, error boundaries, or dev tooling integration.

  3. Client Forking & Customization

    • Document how clients can fork and adapt these utilities or create their own versions.

    • Provide guidelines for merging upstream changes to maintain a shared baseline while respecting client-specific logic.

Success Criteria

  1. Developer Efficiency

    • Reduced Boilerplate: Projects using these libraries should require fewer lines of repetitive code (e.g., form handling or API calls).

    • Ease of Adoption: Teams can integrate and deploy these utilities within minutes, cutting down on project setup time.

  2. Consistency & Quality

    • Shared Patterns: All new Kurocado Studio projects incorporate standardized API call patterns and form handling, minimizing code fragmentation.

    • Improved Code Reviews: By unifying approaches (e.g., error handling), reviewers focus on logic instead of style or architecture differences.

  3. Client Collaboration

    • Successful Forking: Clients adopt or customize our Dev Experience without significant engineering overhead.

    • Unified Upstream: Clients can easily pull in new updates from the main repository, ensuring ongoing alignment with the latest best practices.

Last modified: 09 April 2025