v0.4

[cloverich]

(These "sprints" are inspired by VS codes iteration plans)

Prior Sprint: #69

Themes:

• Invest in tech improvements / best practices
• Journal selection improvements
• Editor improvements

Engineering best practices

At this point the project is alive again. The lack of best practices is starting to slow me down, so time to make some investments. Also with Githubs auto-generation of release notes from PR, a proper PR flow will simplify that process

• Add lint, prettier, typechecking actions #76
• Better test support #117
• Update core libraries.  #118
• Review dependabot issues #122
• Review yarn vs npm vs others #137

Stretch goals:

• Embed version / changelog info in the packaged application #71
• Add code signing on macos, address permission issues #64

Journal selection improvements

Now that the app works more like a traditional note taking app (Evernote, Apple Notes, etc), invest into the journal selection behavior to make that a bit more intuitive:

• Add journal sidebar. Click to pre-select in: search token #119
• Journal archiving #100
• Pre-select actively searched journal(s) #102

Editor improvements

Lots of editor improvements needed. But also, the slate / plate contributors have accomplished a lot since the last dev efforts. Update those libraries, then begin making minor editor improvements to re-familiarize myself with how they work. (The next sprint will contain the key features the app needs most)

• Update Slate and Plate libraries #141
• Improve link editing (and clicking!) #120
• Improve document debugging view #79
• Add support for Video #54
• Drag and drop file + link to it #121

Stretch goal:

• Add markdown mode (this is a work-around for more complex feature support)

Bugs

• Clicking links in Editor opens external links in Electron window #144
• Back button doesn't maintain in: state #150

[cloverich]

With the release of v0.4.0, this sprint is now complete.