Storybook Roadmap Notes 2018-05-24

Storybook Roadmap Notes 2018-05-24.md

Storybook Roadmap Notes 2018-05-24

Attendees: Norbert, Filipp, Chak Shun, Wei Wei, Neville, Gytis, Zol, Michael

Rough agenda: https://gist.github.com/shilman/815fe665614f552d72c504f357d6c6b1

Recorded video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KnCV_Wu8Rbs&feature=youtu.be

• Filipp: Update the release process after 4.0:
  • release 4.0 off master
  • create next branch and set to default to branch
  • all new PRs go to next
• Michael: Growth Stats
  • tracking to 1M npm downloads per month across all apps
  • majority @storybook/react 875k/mo
  • ~10-50% monthly across all apps since beginning of year
  • much higher across new apps (angular, polymer)
• Norbert: analytics
  • add back tracking into build/start CLI, opt-out
    • metadata from config.js, package.json?
  • Filipp:
    • yarn statistics?
    • hosted storybook in cloud & catalog of public storybooks
  • use case: what is the configuration that's used a lot
    • which addons are used together?
    • typescript usage, node versions, etc
  • Michael: opt-in or opt-out on first use => store where?
  • Norbert: feedback button in app?
• Michael: 4.0 release
  • Blockers
    • Norbert: Theming, Mobile UI
    • Filipp: Babel 7? too much work?
    • Filipp: Babel/webpack config => core?
    • Michael: Story parameters cleanup (cross-framework compat!)
  • Schedule
    • Theming is bottleneck => what's the API? (theme.js? .addTheme()?)
    • Week after next?
• Gytis: React native
  • Impossible to develop inside the monorepo (node_modules)
    • Split out into its own repo & versioning?
    • Michael: have you looked at build-packs?
  • Support on-device UI addons in react-native
  • Want a buddy to discuss with (co-owner w/ different setups, packagers, etc.)
    • Michael: I'll jump back in
  • Different usage: not using getStorybook, just use a component in a tab
  • Medium post!!!
• Norbert: Flow/Typescript
  • Want Storybook to be open to newcomers, but see potential benefits?
  • To type or not, what to type, what to type it with?
  • Michael: can we use Typescript in RN as a standalone project?
  • Chak Shun: Neutral but good gut feel
  • Filipp: Vote for Flow. .js files, adopting types gradually, replace proptypes, add types to API functions, trivial to throw away
  • Norbert: baked into babel so easy to adopt
  • Neville: could be awesome, but recommend to hold off, will add an additional layer of complexity (increase barrier to newcomers)
• Norbert: OpenCollective
  • sponsor features? (e.g. babel7, RN on-device-UI, etc)
  • if you want to get paid to do a chunk of work, please approach Norbert
• Norbert: SBNext
  • still going, on back burner due to theming (short-term gain)
  • maybe for 5.0?