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Roadmap

Towards v1​

In order to reach version 1, we plan to add following features

  • ESLint flat config
  • Barrel-less modules: It should be possible to define encapsulation without an index.ts. This is because barrel files cause a problem for any code-splitting/tree-shaking process. We plan to provide following alternatives to the barrel file:
    • internal folder
    • folder/files with _ prefix
    • decorators @private/@public
  • optional cache: For large applications we require a cache together with a background process that watches the filesystem and updates the cache. In v1, the cache will be disabled by default. In later versions, it will become enabled.
  • Angular schematic: For Angular application, there will be a migration available that allows to update Sheriff via ng update, and install it via ng add @softarc/ng-sheriff.

Future plans​

  • ESLint for sheriff.config.ts: Sheriff should be able to verify if the configuration with tagging and module definition is valid, in that sense if the defined directories actually exist.
  • Config API: Explore ways on how to improve the configuration file. Could be done via providing a fluent API, that provides better type-safety and DX.
  • UI: Visualization of the dependencies with live-tracking of the dependency rules' impact.
  • Excluding third-party libraries: Exclude third-party libraries to be used in modules.
  • Nx Interop: Allow Sheriff to consume Nx dependency rules.
  • Quality metrics: Extend Sheriff by adding various quality metrics which run next to the dependency rules.
  • Tutorial/Playground in the Docs: Provide a tutorial with WebContainers
  • API Documentation