pMovidea

This is the hub page for personal notes for the Regroup reimplementation project

- [[2021-07-20Movidea Development Diary]]
- [[2021-07-26Movidea Development Diary]]
- [[2021-07-27Movidea Development Diary]]
- [[2021-07-28Movidea Development Diary]]
- [[2021-07-29Movidea Development Diary]]

branding

• The most core function is “to move and organize fragments of thoughts”, so I brought “moveable”.
• Short form movidea

Why reimplement?

• Trial and error results in code complexity, which is an obstacle to adding new features.
• After reading [/shokai/Scrapbox development process](https://scrapbox.io/shokai/Scrapbox development process), I thought the following ideas were important
  • Focus on Impact
  • I can’t get close to “something that looks like it belongs somewhere.”
  • Don’t add features unnecessarily
  • I won’t let it bug you.
  • Increasing the amount of code gets in the way of prototyping the next feature.
• Minimal functionality with minimal code

Not to do

• No Canvas
  • Free handwritten additions are not implemented.
  • Not implementing lasso selection.
  • why?
    • When we created Regroup, the first thing we tested was whether it was possible to smoothly add handwriting, assuming an iPad + Apple Pencil.
    • We found out to what extent it was technically possible (quite possible), but not so much in terms of user needs.
    • The realization of this is generating strong technical constraints, so it is better to seal it once and find another way to do it.

To do

• testing a microphone
• Using [styled-components
  • Last time it was Canvas, so it was defined in JS as far as style was concerned.
  • This time we’ll use the DOM, but it’s not nice to separate it into CSS.
• ReactN + immer
  • Last time I made it while learning React, I started making it using the built-in useState system.
    • But since it’s “an app that puts stickies on a giant whiteboard”, the parent App component will have most of the state
    • I learned later that ReactN was better suited for my purposes.

What’s Next

• Previous 2021-07-20Movidea Development Diary Previous 2021-07-19Movidea Development Diary.
• Cover the verification of the mistake with a test case before implementing the selection move.

Verification.

• Can you make stickies without Canvas?

  • Important technical points - ✅ Can the font size be adjusted automatically?
    • Dragging, well, you can do that.
      • I’m concerned about interference with text selection.
      • Last time I made an experimental sample with hard code, but later I started to use that after JSON import function was created, this time I will make it first and make it a test case
        • Include a version string in the data.
      • 1: Make the exported JSON from the current Regroup readable
        • The question of whether the data structure should remain the same as before is not considered now.
        • ✅ 2021-07-14Movidea Development Diary
      • 2: Use it to create test cases
      • 3: Data structure changes are easier to make if covered by testing.
      • →First, [Expose ReactN and use it from Cypress.

• Can you zoom in and out smoothly? - ✅Smooth scaling and translating in the DOM - Macbook trackpad for scaling and parallel movement

• I want to cover the data storage format with thorough testing, since it is hard to notice bugs or lost data when they occur.

  • You can’t protect them with a mold.

Last time I made it without testing and started testing with jest-electron in the middle of the process.

• It was difficult to make it testable because it was not designed with testing in mind and it was full of asynchronous processing.
• It ended up not being covered in the test.
• This time Expose ReactN and use it from Cypress..

Last time it was iPad + Apple Pencil assumption, this time it is MacBook assumption.

Last time, the world coordinate system of the sticky was tightly coupled with that of the device, but I think it’s better to separate them.

Group Structure

• Pointer to child element

• Drawing order?

• doorplate

  • This is not a pointer.
  • Not even a child element.
  • Can it be a child element?
    • You shouldn’t.
  • Mere text?
    • You can renew as many times as you like.
    • In the menu like edit title
    • So you should know that this is not your average sticky note.
    • What to do when it opens
      • It used to be a nameplate sticky, but not this one.
    • Wouldn’t it be nice if it showed up as a “group title?”
      • ✅ 2021-07-13Movidea Development Diary
      • 
    • What should happen when you dismantle 🤔 this
      • If you don’t have a title, just demolish it as is.
      • When there is a title, it is an intellectual product and should not be lost
        • Do you want to make it a sticky note?
        • 🤔When you group it back together again?
        • How about just selecting stickies and copying and pasting them without making an elaborate UI?
  • [Folded things get one step bigger.
  • What should happen when a compressed sticky is decompressed?
  • Last time I closed it with a menu from open, and opened it with one click from closed.
  • Let’s try to toggle between “default open” and “default close.”
    • Distinguish by borders?

• What should the editorial URL be?

consideration - Regroup to Movidea

done

✅Use normal menu 60eff1fcaff09e0000c6d303.

• context menu
  • Last time I set it to Balloon Menu.
    • Is this appropriate?
    • The menu wording is written horizontally, so the buttons are too long and narrow to be placed side by side
    • It’s better to have a vertically aligned menu like the old context menu.

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