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@common-stack/client-core
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Helper methods and interfaces that can be used by the client part of the packages
1. exported reducers
2. exported actions
3. exported graphql queries
4. Typescript 2.0.0 => ES6
5. unit testing with jest
This package can be installable in front-end webserver
It does not have any client UI components such as React
It does have configured Redux Store
npm run build - build the library files
npm run test - run tests once
npm run test:watch - run tests in watchmode (Useful for development)
src - directory is used for typescript code that is part of the project
index.ts - Index file of the package. Consists of exported reducers and actions
index.spec.ts - Tests file for main
actions - Contains Actions to transform the state tree
index.ts - References all the exported actions
reducers - Contains reducers, pure function with (state, action) => state signature.
index.ts - References all the exported reducers.
package.json - file is used to describe the library and packages that are required added under peer-dependencies section
tsconfig.json - configuration file for the library compilation
webpack.config.js - configuration file of the compilation automation process for the library
FAQs
common core for higher packages to depend on
We found that @common-stack/client-core demonstrated a healthy version release cadence and project activity because the last version was released less than a year ago. It has 1 open source maintainer collaborating on the project.
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