Developer: "Doo Doo Doo... Working on the new Redux rewrite. Gotta write some fetch actions..."
FETCH_USERS -> function fetchUsersAction() {...}
FETCH_PAGES -> function fetchPagesAction() {...}
FETCH_FRIENDS -> function fetchFriendsAction() {...}
FETCH_GROUPS -> function fetchGroupsAction() {...}
FETCH_EVENTS -> function fetchEventsAction() {...}
...10 seconds later...
Dev: "That's a lot of actions, I should make a generator for them!"
createFetchAction('FETCH_USERS', {...})
createFetchAction('FETCH_PAGES', {...})
createFetchAction('FETCH_FRIENDS', {...})
createFetchAction('FETCH_GROUPS', {...})
createFetchAction('FETCH_EVENTS', {...})
...10 seconds later...
Dev: "Oh but I also have "updates", "deletes", and all sorts of API interactions... I should make an Redux API generator for it all!"
let actions = generateActionsForApiSchema({
USERS: {
endpoint: '/api/v1/users/',
methods: ['INDEX', 'CREATE', 'SHOW', 'UPDATE'],
handler: userApiHandler,
schema: {...},
},
PAGES: {
endpoint: '/api/v1/pages/',
methods: ['INDEX', 'CREATE', 'SHOW', 'UPDATE', 'DELETE'],
handler: pagesApiHandler,
schema: {...},
},
FRIENDS: {
endpoint: '/api/v1/friends/',
methods: ['INDEX', 'CREATE', 'SHOW', 'UPDATE'],
handler: userApiHandler,
schema: {...},
},
GROUPS: {
endpoint: '/api/v1/groups/',
methods: ['INDEX', 'CREATE', 'SHOW', 'UPDATE', 'DELETE'],
handler: groupsApiHandler,
schema: {...},
},
EVENTS: {
endpoint: '/api/v1/events/',
methods: ['INDEX', 'CREATE', 'SHOW', 'UPDATE', 'DELETE'],
handler: eventsApiHandler,
schema: {...},
},
});Dev: "So pretty! I'm amazing!"
3 months later...
Other Dev: "This new API needs to do something special, I guess I'll just throw some new options in the generator"
let actions = generateActionsForApiSchema({
// ...
STREAM: {
endpoint: '/api/v1/stream/',
methods: null,
handler: () => {}, // HACK: noop
streamHandler: apiStreamHandler,
schema: {...},
isStream: true,
},
// ...
});2 months later...
New hire: "Okay, gotta do my first task, fix a bug in this generator... hmm, this looks very complex. I need help... hmm, people seem busy. I'll just try hacking it in"
let actions = generateActionsForApiSchema({
// ...
STREAM: {
endpoint: '/api/v1/stream/',
methods: null,
handler: streamApiHandler,
schema: {...},
isStream: true,
// TODO: Find better solution
quickFix: () => {...}
},
// ...
});6 months later...
Backend Dev Lead: "So we've decided it's time for us to write API v2 and fix all these problems we've been having"
Frontend Dev Lead: "Hmm... We're really busy right now... I'll see if Superhero Dev® and see if they can find a quick solution"
let actions = generateActionsForApiSchema({
responseTranslator: (response) => {
// 429 lines of code...
},
requestTranslator: (request) => {
// 633 lines of code...
},
}, {
// ...
STREAM: {
endpoint: '/api/v2/stream/',
methods: null,
handler: streamApiHandler,
schema: {...},
isStream: true,
// TODO: Find better solution
quickFix: () => {...}
},
// ...
});2 months later...
Original Dev: "WHAT IS THIS API GENERATOR FROM HELL? WHO WROTE THIS"
git blame ...Original Dev: starts updating resume