JavaScript development in the Wikimedia Page Library
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	• Niedzielski
	Feb 23 2018, 2:30 AM

Description

This session will introduce attendees to the Wikimedia Page Library and how to develop JavaScript for changing content presentation in shared code between Android and iOS native apps. Note: the Page Library is not part of core MediaWiki and is currently used only by the Android and iOS native apps and slated for the upcoming Page Content Service.

Audience

Beginner or intermediate JavaScript developers
People interested in JavaScript, HTML, and CSS and transforming wiki content for different presentations
(To a lesser extent) native app and service developers interested in sharing code via a JavaScript library

Topics

Based on interest, the possible directions for this session include:

Development, iteration, and writing transform unit tests in the Page Library
Help us add data typing to the Page Library with TypeScript
(Very briefly) library integration and workflows with Android (and possibly) iOS apps
Fix bugs in the library and upstream templates as identified by select tasks: T188096, T179128, T179090, T183333

Owner: @Niedzielski
Possible co-owner: @Mhurd (pending travel concerns)

Related Objects

Mentioned Here: T188096: Infobox subsections are rendered as separate infoboxes on https://fr.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Burkina_Faso
T179090: Dark mode textviews aren't visible
T179128: Graphs and Charts issues on Dark mode
T183333: Black theme doesn't render Chess template properly

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• Niedzielski created this task.Feb 23 2018, 2:30 AM

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• Niedzielski updated the task description. (Show Details)Feb 23 2018, 2:28 PM

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• Rfarrand moved this task from Backlog to Project on the Wikimedia-Hackathon-2018 board.Mar 6 2018, 5:25 PM

I'd welcome explicit mentioning that this is only relevant when developing mobile applications, in contrast to e.g. local gadgets. If I understand correctly.

• Niedzielski updated the task description. (Show Details)Mar 23 2018, 7:44 PM

@Niedzielski Is this a session or a project? If not a project, then I would move it to a different column. Thanks!

@srishakatux, hello and sorry for the late reply! I could be confused by the distinction but I believe this should be a project since the intent is to make the listed improvements to the library and share development skills and workflows with interested attendees.

There are patches out for the tasks mentioned in the description, including a number of bonus fixes, and we fixed some issues in the templates themselves too. The patches are still pending review by @Mhurd:

https://github.com/wikimedia/wikimedia-page-library/pull/141
https://github.com/wikimedia/wikimedia-page-library/pull/142
https://github.com/wikimedia/wikimedia-page-library/pull/143

I could no longer reproduce T179090 so I closed that out directly.

We also had discussions on better typing our JavaScript with JSDocs and TypeScript, and the reference collection PR. @Mhurd will review and merge the pending PR.

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