In App Changelog

[tmobaird]

I think this could be a cool feature as well for usage purposes. I'm suggesting that we integrate a changelog for the app into the actual app. I think this should be fairly easy too. This should probably just consist of a page with a list of recent changes/additions that have been made.

I believe as far as data goes for this, we should probably create a changelog.json file in the root of the project. The schema could probably look something like:

{
  "recent": [
    {
      "type": "Bug Fix",
      "title": "Fixing Spelling Error",
      "body": "There was a spelling error on the contributors page, this was updated.",
      "pull_request_id": 120
    },
    {
      "type": "New Feature",
      "title": "Adding Contributors Map",
      "body": "Integrated the contributors map into the actual app using leaflet maps.",
      "pull_request_id": 100
    }
  ]
}

This data set could then be parsed and displayed in the app.

This isn't definitive, but here's a list of what I think would need to be done for this:

• Add changelog.json
• Read changelog.json data. Maybe into redux initial state?
• Create react-router route. (ex. /changelog)
• Create ChangelogPage component
• Create components to display content
• Display current app version in navbar

This will be a bit of work, but this is a really good issue for anyone who wants to learn react, react-router, redux through some practical work.

[kbeaulieu802]

@tmobaird mind if i work on this?

[tmobaird]

@kbeaulieu802 nope! Go for it! 👍 Feel free to let me know if you want any help with this!