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DevEX

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 do business with the studio.

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: 11 June 2025
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