[Roadmap] 🚀2Q2019 🚀

[dhmlau]

This is a high-level issue keeping track of deliverables in the next 90 days.
Please note that this is our plan for the roadmap and it is subject to change.

Overview

• Help out adopters, both new or existing LB users, and grow the contributor community
• Focus on feature parity gaps and LB3-to-LB4 migration

Scope

Migration  #1849

• [EPIC] Mount LB3 app in LB4, [EPIC] Mount LB3 app in LB4 #2479
• [EPIC] Enable migration of AppConnect to LB4 https://github.com/strongloop-internal/scrum-apex/issues/396  (Use this to validate our migration story)

Authentication  #1035

• Create extension points and adapter for passport strategies
  • Extension point for registering the authentication strategies Extension point for registering the authentication strategies #2312
  • Creating adapter for the plugged in passport strategies, Creating adapter for the plugged in passport strategies #2311
• Reference implementation of JWT authentication in example-shopping app.
• Docs: How to build your own authentication strategies - target for auth strategy developers.

Model Relation

• [EPIC] Include related models Inclusion of related models [MVP] #1352.
• [EPIC] FK and UNIQUE constraints (Strong relation with referential integrity) Strong relations with referential integrity #2331.
  • Document hasMany/belongsTo/hasOne limitations for NoSQL databases Document hasMany/belongsTo/hasOne limitations for NoSQL databases #2340
  • Spike: Declarative definition of FOREIGN KEY and UNIQUE constraints Spike: Declarative definition of FOREIGN KEY and UNIQUE constraints #2606
• Document levels of referential integrity we support for different databases, explain how to configure database schemas to enable referential integrity when database schema is not created by LB
  • Document hasMany/belongsTo/hasOne limitations for NoSQL databases Document hasMany/belongsTo/hasOne limitations for NoSQL databases #2340

Authorization #538

• Spike on how to add support [Spike] Investigate the minimal infrastructure we need to support authorization #2718
• Implementation on minimal infrastructure - stretch goal

Declarative support  #565

• API Creation with just models - without Repository and datasource - streamline API Creation by convention From model definition to REST API with no custom repository/controller classes #2036

Internal tooling/CI

• CI failure in connector repos: https://github.com/strongloop-internal/scrum-apex/issues/381
• Test connectors with juggler@4 (LB4)
• Move from TSLINT to ESLINT with TS plugins Switch from tslint to eslint #2608

Transaction support

• docs: explain to users how to open a transaction and pass the txn token/handles around in options. Docs: How to create a transaction and pass it around through various repo CRUD operations #2614

Architectural Improvements

• App life-cycle observers Lifecycle (start/stop) #1039

Moved out of scope

Unified Web experience - phase 2 strongloop/v4.loopback.io#64

• Spike: Explore keeping the existing doc generation mechanism in LB4 site Spike: Explore keeping the existing doc generation mechanism in LB4 site strongloop/v4.loopback.io#65