This document explains the need for every top level dependency the project has.
| Dependency | Reason |
|---|---|
| @apollo/client | Client library for executing GraphQL operations. |
| @cypress/code-coverage | Code coverage for Cypress. |
| @material-ui/core | Core package for Material UI components. |
| @material-ui/icons | Library for using Material Icons. |
| apollo-upload-client | Allows file uploads with GraphQL mutations. |
| babel-plugin-istanbul | Babel plugin for instrumenting code for code coverage. |
| browser-image-compression | Used for resizing uploaded images. |
| clsx | A minimalistic library to connect Material UI classes. |
| dayjs | Immutable date library. |
| formik | Provides useful and extensible form logic. |
| graphql | Only used for getting useful GraphQL typings. |
| gray-matter | Parse content from Markdown files. |
| next | Rendering framework for React. |
| next-offline | Offline support for Next.js. |
| next-translate | I18n support for Next.js. |
| nprogress | Provides the loading bar. |
| ramda | Our go-to utility library. |
| react | Duh. |
| react-dom | Duh. |
| react-pdf | Render PDF files. |
| remark-gfc | Remark plugin to render additional Markdown elements. |
| yup | Object schema validation (used together with Formik). |
| Dependency | Reason |
|---|---|
| @graphql-codegen/cli | Generate API functions from GraphQL code. |
| dpdm | A tool that we use to check for circular dependencies. |
| cypress | Browser testing tool. |
| eslint | Linter. |
| graphql-let | GraphQL Code Generator wrapper to automate code generation. |
| prettier | Formatter. |
| raw-loader | Needed for parsing Markdown files. |
| typescript | Duh. |
| Dependency | Reason |
|---|---|
| libgtk2.0-0 | Use Cypress for browser tests. |
| libgtk-3-0 | Use Cypress for browser tests. |
| libnotify-dev | Use Cypress for browser tests. |
| libgconf-2-4 | Use Cypress for browser tests. |
| libgbm-dev | Use Cypress for browser tests. |
| libxss3 | Use Cypress for browser tests. |
| libxss1 | Use Cypress for browser tests. |
| libasound2 | Use Cypress for browser tests. |
| libxtst6 | Use Cypress for browser tests. |
| xauth | Use Cypress for browser tests. |
| xvfb | Use Cypress for browser tests. |