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@ -27,6 +27,18 @@ Here are some initial guidelines for how contributions will be treated:
The code needs a lot of improvements. When it was just me (@jlongster) I would often find myself halfway through an improvement overall, but always had to put it aside to work on something else. This shows in the code; there's a lot of things that I wanted to improve but was never able to complete. These are list of projects on the top of my mind that I would love to see progress on. The code needs a lot of improvements. When it was just me (@jlongster) I would often find myself halfway through an improvement overall, but always had to put it aside to work on something else. This shows in the code; there's a lot of things that I wanted to improve but was never able to complete. These are list of projects on the top of my mind that I would love to see progress on.
### A mobile web app
One of the most pressing needs is a mobile app based on the web app. This could mean making the web app responsive, or a separate app that does a few basic things.
We are deprecating the native iOS/Android apps because we don't have bandwidth to support development and distribution of them (it's complicating submitting them to the app stores, etc).
Ideally you'd be able to enter transactions on mobile.
### Transitioning to TypeScript
This is something I should have done a long time ago. I'd love any help setting up infrastructure for TypeScript and starting to transitioning code to it, particularly the backend.
### Rewriting the transaction table ### Rewriting the transaction table
The transaction table is a very complex component because of all the interactions. The original goal was to embrace inline editing fully and never pull the user out into something like a modal or a drawer. I like how this worked out for some workflows, but it made other workflows plain awkward. The transaction table is a very complex component because of all the interactions. The original goal was to embrace inline editing fully and never pull the user out into something like a modal or a drawer. I like how this worked out for some workflows, but it made other workflows plain awkward.
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One of my mistakes with Actual was rebuilding everything from scratch, even the design system. While I was able to make it look good for the current version of Actual, it makes it a lot of work to build new designs. We should choose a 3rd party library and start using it in Actual. It would make it way faster to build new designs. One of my mistakes with Actual was rebuilding everything from scratch, even the design system. While I was able to make it look good for the current version of Actual, it makes it a lot of work to build new designs. We should choose a 3rd party library and start using it in Actual. It would make it way faster to build new designs.
There aren't many good 3rd party library unfortunately. API, accessibility, and general thoughtful-ness are important. The two that come to my mind are [Radix](https://www.radix-ui.com) and [react-aria](https://react-spectrum.adobe.com/react-aria/). I'm leaning towards react-aria. There aren't many good 3rd party library unfortunately. API, accessibility, and general thoughtful-ness are important. The two that come to my mind are [Radix](https://www.radix-ui.com) and [react-aria](https://react-spectrum.adobe.com/react-aria/)1. I'm leaning towards react-aria.
I'm open to other things, but we really need something to take the weight off of building UI. I'm open to other things, but we really need something to take the weight off of building UI.