Frontend Architecture Working Group/Updates

Conclusion
The group decided on supporting Vue on mediawiki as a front-end framework. Full report at

Week of 2019-10-07

 * Reading on Desktop improvements project
 * Reading RFC:New Skin for Desktop Improvements Project
 * Working group breaking into smaller work-teams
 * Front-end frameworks: focusing on which framework, what the requirements are and the evaluation criteria
 * Big Picture: Structuring the deliverables, what are the high level requirements?, what needs to change vs. what stays the same?
 * What does migration look like?: Inventory of components/libraries/etc that need to be migrated. What would migration look like for each of these?

Week of 2019-09-30

 * Agreement on goal: "An overall architecture for where we want the frontend to go, and a plan for getting there that considers what can be done incrementally and which large changes need to happen all at once"
 * Discussion of ways to split the group into smaller sub-groups for efficiency.

Week of 2019-09-25

 * Creation and review of each working group members' history of working on this issue
 * Creation and review of document of pain points to pull out themes.

Week of 2019-09-18

 * Kick-off of working group
 * Members reading on purpose and scope of working group
 * Review of timelines