Kurocado Studio Styleguide
Owner | |
Team | |
Summary | A styleguide to enable developers to set up repositories quickly |
Status | Live |
Project Board | |
Repository | |
Documentation | |
NPM Registry | |
Releases |
Problem Definition
This document outlines Kurocado Studio's internal Style Guide. It explores the challenges that this initiative addresses and highlights the key reasons why companies like Vercel, and Airbnb open-source their style guides.
Kurocado Studio is adopting the Epic Stack. By creating a style guide inspired by Vercel's approach and integrating GitHub Actions, we aim to streamline development processes, facilitate easier collaboration, enhance the overall quality of our software products, and improving internal processes, demonstrating thought leadership in design and development standards.
Objective
Provide a comprehensive style guide based on Vercel's, enabling Kurocado Studio set up repositories quickly with high-quality standards.
Open-sourcing the style guide to position Kurocado Studio as a contributor to the developer community, fostering goodwill and potentially attracting collaboration opportunities
Open-sourcing the Style Guide fosters transparency and gives external developers insight into Kurocado Studio’s internal processes.
Use Cases
Internal Team Adoption Kurocado Studio's internal teams will use the Style Guide as a primary reference point for all design and development standards
External Contributor Alignment External developers or freelancers working with Kurocado Studio will benefit from having access to the Style Guide, ensuring that their contributions are aligned with the studio’s quality standards from the outset.
Client Collaboration When collaborating with clients, the open-source Style Guide can serve as a transparent resource that clients can reference to understand how their projects are being built and designed.
Stakeholders
Responsible | |
Accountable | |
Consulted | N/A |
Informed | N/A |
Scope & Constraints
In Scope:
Development of a comprehensive style guide covering code formatting, linting rules, commit conventions, configuration management, and automated workflows using GitHub Actions.
Creation of reusable configuration files and scripts to enforce the style guide and automate workflows across repositories.
Documentation and onboarding materials to assist developers in adopting the style guide and GitHub Actions workflows.
Open-sourcing the style guide on GitHub and publishing it to the NPM registry.
Out of Scope:
Support for languages and frameworks not currently used within Epic Stack.
Constraints:
Limited development time and resources; prioritization is essential.
Risks
Resource Allocation: Limited resources might delay the implementation or lead to incomplete coverage of standards and workflows.
Open Source Vulnerabilities: Open-sourcing the style guide may expose it to malicious contributions or misuse.
Workflow Failures: Automated GitHub Actions workflows might fail or cause unintended disruptions if not properly configured and tested.
Solution Definition
User flows
Initial Setup:
Developer clones the repository.
Installs necessary dependencies via pnpm.
Development Workflow:
Developer writes code adhering to the style guide.
Pre-commit hooks automatically lint and format code.
GitHub Actions automatically run tests, linting, and build processes on each commit/pull request.
Pull requests are reviewed for compliance with the style guide and successful workflow runs.
Launch Readiness
Key Milestones
Testing plan
Integration Testing: Apply the style guide and GitHub Actions workflows to a set of repositories and verify that the setup process works seamlessly.
User Acceptance Testing (UAT): Collect feedback from developers during the beta phase to identify any issues or areas for improvement.
Continuous Integration (CI) Validation: Integrate the style guide and GitHub Actions workflows with CI pipelines to automatically enforce code standards and workflow integrity during builds.
Marketing plan
Documentation: Create comprehensive documentation and onboarding guides to facilitate adoption.
Community Engagement: Promote the open-source style guide and workflows through blog posts, social media, and developer forums to attract external contributors.
Legal checks
License Compliance: Ensure that all dependencies, configurations, and GitHub Actions workflows comply with open-source licenses.
Intellectual Property: Verify that no proprietary code or configurations are inadvertently included in the open-source repository.
Terms of Use: Update the repository's README, LICENSE, and CONTRIBUTING files to clearly state usage terms and contribution guidelines.
Data Privacy: Ensure that no sensitive information is exposed through documentation, configuration files, or workflows.
Success
Consistency Across Projects: Measured by the reduction in discrepancies in design and code standards across internal and client projects.
Community Engagement: Number of contributions, issues raised, and discussions initiated on the open-source Style Guide repository.
Industry Recognition: Media mentions, citations, or adoption of the Kurocado Studio Style Guide by other developers or companies.
Next steps
Continuous Improvement: Regularly update the style guide and GitHub Actions workflows based on feedback and evolving best practices.
Community Building: Foster a community around the style guide and workflows by organizing events, hackathons, and collaborative projects to encourage external contributions.