Brightest Week 11: Code Refactoring & Structural Improvements
Overview
This week was dedicated to thorough cleanup of our codebase, improving readability, reusability, and reducing duplication, while also making small but significant UI adjustments and planning for the final testing phase.
Monday: Focus on Code Quality & Cleanup🧹💻
After the intensive delivery of the code generation last week, I started this week with a thorough cleanup of various components within our application. The emphasis was on improving readability, reusability, and reducing duplication. Specifically: cleaning up and restructuring logic in AddFlow.tsx, with the aim of making a clearer distinction between UI elements and business logic, using custom hooks to split out shared functionality, and applying small performance optimizations, including avoiding unnecessary renders.
Tuesday: UI Structure and Type Definitions🎨🔡
Tuesday was dedicated to small but important UI adjustments: improving the consistency of the visual hierarchy within the flow builder, reviewing and cleaning up TypeScript definitions, especially in the context of generated types and helper functions, and removing redundant props that were still needed earlier during the prototyping process. These adjustments help to add new features more quickly in the long run without having to dive into legacy code.
Wednesday: Refactoring Test Data Processing🔄📊
Another part that was addressed is how test data comes in and is processed: restructuring the internal structure of our mock/test data, cleaning up the flow between input fields, context data, and generated output, and creating a better distinction between user data and generated test configuration.
Thursday: Small Bugs & User Experience🐛🔍
Although no new functionality was added, several mini-issues that emerged during manual testing last week were resolved: fixing an issue where method names were generated incorrectly for an empty step, adding tooltip feedback on some less clear UI elements, and starting a list of UX recommendations for the final testing phase.
Friday: Internal Review & Planning Next Phase📋🗓️
The week concluded with an internal code review and planning for the coming weeks: discussing how we will approach edge case testing, agreeing to first focus on validations, error handling, and onboarding flow for new users, and looking back at the current state of the project: technically solid, but still work to be done on UX & robustness.
Reflection💭🔍
Although there was little "visible" progress this week in terms of features, the refactors and structural improvements are essential for the long-term maintainability of the project. The codebase is now more organized, better split up, and ready for further iterations and validation. Next week's focus will be on automated tests, error detection, and optimizing the user experience.
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