SMW should use Vue.js and Codex

[krabina]

VueJS is the Wikimedia Foundation's official choice for adoption as the JavaScript framework for use within MediaWiki, available since MW 1.35.
Codex is the new design system for MediaWiki and will replace OOUI. Therfore we should talk about using it in SMW and related extensions.

• https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Vue.js
• https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Codex

Comments are welcome

[Nikerabbit]

At least for Codex to be usable, it would require waiting for a long time or reducing the number of supported MediaWiki versions. Or bundling Codex itself.

Vue might be more practical, but even though it's supported since 1.35, it's not the same version across all those releases.

On the other hand, I don't feel like the UI of SMW has big problems usability- or tech-wise. I'd prefer fixing scalability issues and addressing deprecation warnings.

[krabina]

I agree that there are more important issues, just wanted to open a thread about this as well since it might affect SMW at some point.