Restructuring WebUI

So, I’ve been taking a look at WebUI’s code and I found it to be a bit too much cluttered and heavy (we’re even using Bootstrap 😓). I think we could simply start from the beginning by running react-create-app and build on top of that, which would also reduce the dependencies since react-scripts manages the build and the hot reloading.

I also think we could open a repository called ipfs-components or something so we could share React Components between WebUI and Desktop. My vision is that WebUI is like an augmented version of Desktop and they can easily share many components, such as headers, menus, buttons and such.

Also, part of this restructuring:

• Make code simpler.
• Let IPFS WebUI work with JS-IPFS.
• Make WebUI prettier and in harmony with ipfs-desktop.
• In the middle, try to fix bugs and issues 😄

What do you think? I’m going to have a lot of free time until mid of February and I can work on this.

/cc @ipfs-shipyard/ipfs-gui-team

[olizilla]

Oh me oh my! https://github.com/ipfs-shipyard/ipfs-webui/releases/tag/v2.0

[lidel]

I feel a quick update is due for anyone interested in the future of WebUI:

• We went over feedback provided in issues in this repo about UI/UX of current webui
• A lot of design work is happening in these design tasks (including wireframes and proposed designs. still ongoing effort, feel free to provide feedback)
• The discussion about tech choices for new WebUI continues in https://github.com/ipfs-shipyard/pm-ipfs-gui/issues/51
• Expect more issues to appear in this repo under revamp label at some point