[Sugar-devel] Gradual reorganizing of Music Blocks codebase

[Vaibhav Aren]

Hi Anindya,
If you are going to refactor the codebase you can go through the following
link which is one of the best resources to learn about refactoring in my
knowledge.
Spend some time with this.
-> https://refactoring.guru/refactoring/what-is-refactoring
-> Learn to identify code smells:
https://refactoring.guru/refactoring/smells
-> Execute  ^_^

Regards
- Vaibhav

On Tue, Sep 8, 2020 at 8:09 PM Anindya Kundu <anindyaak007 at gmail.com> wrote:

> I'm considering reorganizing the modules and cleaning up the complete
> codebase in a gradual manner - something I briefly worked on, during this
> summer. It is to my understanding that Music Blocks was built
> progressively, and there's still scope for a lot of additions, but I've
> observed some significant issues.
>
> I feel the user experience isn't quite appealing. For instance, the
> application feels bulky, the mouse interaction isn't very good, there are
> UI lapses here and there, etc. As for the code, I feel we are lacking
> structure. The JS modules have become disorganized, there's lots of
> deprecated code spread throughout, and the scripts do not stick to a proper
> convention.
>
> Many times it becomes a challenge to figure out the source of a bug or
> add/modify some code. Also, it is quite easy to generate an obscure bug
> while fixing something else. Moreover, several components are convoluted
> among themselves. I've only worked on the MVC refactoring of a few
> components, but I believe it should be done all throughout for it to bear
> advantages.
>
> Therefore, I'm planning on rebuilding a structure under the hood,
> primarily for better code management, but also to enhance the performance
> of the application. Any thoughts or suggestions?
>
>
> *Anindya Kundu*
>
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