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Overview

Goal: Transform EmailEditor into a well-tested, easily maintainable library, enabling other teams to integrate it with minimal support overhead.

Current Pain Points:
- Inconsistent testing approaches
- Frequent support requests from other teams
- Lack of standardized E2E testing and documentation
Proposed Solution:
1. Migrate to new mono-frontend repository (pnpm-based).
2. Leverage existing tooling (linting, formatting, Cypress integration, release automation).
3. Introduce Cypress Page Objects in EmailEditor.
4. Maintain thorough documentation and automated releases.

Step 1: Project Setup & Tooling

Handled by the new mono-frontend repo.
This covers linting, formatting (Prettier), ESLint rules, and the overall repository structure (monorepo with pnpm).

Step 2: E2E Infrastructure

Handled by the new mono-frontend repo.
This includes setting up Cypress, the test runner configurations, and base CI/CD integration for E2E tests.

Step 3: Cypress Page Objects for EmailEditor

While the new repo covers the baseline Cypress setup, EmailEditor specifically needs Page Objects that simplify testing our Lit components:

Purpose
- Encapsulate Shadow DOM selectors and repeated interactions into reusable classes.
- Provide a straightforward interface for other teams to integrate EmailEditor tests.

Example (e.g., EmailHeader.page.ts):

export class EmailHeaderPage {
  private selector: string;

  constructor(selector: string = 'email-header') {
    this.selector = selector;
  }

  getTitleElement() {
    return cy.get(this.selector).shadow().find('.title');
  }

  setTitle(newTitle: string) {
    cy.get(this.selector).invoke('attr', 'title', newTitle);
  }

  assertTitle(expected: string) {
    this.getTitleElement().should('contain.text', expected);
  }
}

Integration
- Other teams can import this Page Object (import { EmailHeaderPage } from '@org/email-editor/cypress/page-objects';) and immediately write end-to-end tests without manually dealing with Shadow DOM intricacies.
Maintenance
- Our team will keep Page Objects updated as components evolve, ensuring consistent test reliability across versions.

Step 4: Documentation & Storybook

Handled by the new mono-frontend repo.
Storybook integration, custom elements documentation (e.g., using @custom-elements-manifest/analyzer), and doc site deployment are part of the existing infrastructure.

Step 5: Release Process & Changelog

Handled by the new mono-frontend repo.
Includes semantic-release (or a similar tool) for automated versioning, changelog generation, and publishing to the internal or public registry.

Step 6: Implementation Timeline

Migration to Mono-Frontend
- Configure pnpm workspace.
- Ensure shared ESLint, Prettier, and TS config is applied to all packages.
- Finalize Cypress test runner setup (already present in monorepo).
Create Cypress Page Objects for EmailEditor
- Timeline: ~1 week
- Action Items:
  - Identify key Lit components (header, body, footer, etc.).
  - Implement a Page Object class for each, covering attributes, Shadow DOM queries, and user actions.
  - Provide minimal documentation (e.g., a README.md) explaining how to use these Page Objects.
Add Core E2E Tests (Optional This Sprint)
- Timeline: ~1 week (overlap possible)
- Action Items:
  - Use the newly created Page Objects to write “smoke tests” verifying EmailEditor’s main user flows.
  - Confirm the new monorepo pipeline (CI/CD) successfully runs these E2E tests on pull requests.
Documentation & Release Verification
- Action Items:
  - Ensure EmailEditor stories/docs are present in Storybook.
  - Validate that merges trigger an automated release (semantic-release) for EmailEditor, including a changelog update.

Step 7: Key Takeaways & Conclusion

Page Objects drastically reduce the complexity of testing Lit components, benefiting all teams that consume EmailEditor.
By migrating to the mono-frontend repo, we inherit:
1. Established project tooling and consistent code standards (Step 1).
2. A solid E2E infrastructure with Cypress (Step 2).
3. Existing documentation processes (Step 4).
4. Automated releases and changelogs (Step 5).
After completing the Page Object creation and verifying E2E flows, EmailEditor will be a reliable, well-tested library that’s easy for other teams to adopt.

Next Steps

Management: Approve resource allocation to finalize migration and implement Page Objects for EmailEditor.
Development Team: Begin implementation of Page Objects and minimal E2E tests once the repo migration is complete.
Stakeholders: Provide feedback on required test scenarios and confirm that new testing workflows meet their needs.

With these steps, EmailEditor will be fully integrated into the new mono-frontend repository, gaining consistent tooling, testing, documentation, and a smooth release pipeline for all future enhancements.

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