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Requirements Document

Generated: Tuesday, September 16, 2025

Functional Requirements (Developer-Facing)

FR-001: Project Initialization

  • Description: The system shall provide a developer-ready Angular project that can be set up with minimal effort.
  • Acceptance Criteria:
    • A developer shall be able to clone the project from a Git repository.
    • A developer shall be able to install all required dependencies using a single npm install command.
    • A developer shall be able to start the local development server using the ng serve command.
    • The boilerplate shall compile without errors and be viewable in a web browser.
  • Priority: High

FR-002: Modular Architecture

  • Description: The system shall be structured with a scalable and maintainable modular architecture.
  • Acceptance Criteria:
    • The project shall include a CoreModule for providing singleton services and one-time imports.
    • The project shall include a SharedModule for reusable components, directives, and pipes.
    • The architecture shall support the creation of lazy-loaded FeatureModules to encapsulate business domain logic.
  • Priority: High

FR-003: Clarity Design System Integration

  • Description: The system shall be fully integrated with the VMware Clarity Design System for UI components and styling.
  • Acceptance Criteria:
    • All necessary Clarity npm packages shall be included as dependencies.
    • Clarity's global stylesheets and assets shall be correctly configured and loaded.
    • The boilerplate shall use Clarity components for its core layout (header, sidebar, etc.).
    • Developers shall be able to use any Clarity component within their feature modules.
  • Priority: High

FR-004: Responsive Application Layout

  • Description: The system shall provide a default, responsive application layout.
  • Acceptance Criteria:
    • The boilerplate shall include a main application shell with a header, a collapsible sidebar for navigation, and a main content area.
    • The layout shall adapt correctly to various screen sizes, including desktop, tablet, and mobile.
  • Priority: High

FR-005: Routing and Navigation

  • Description: The system shall include a pre-configured routing system for navigating between different views.
  • Acceptance Criteria:
    • The project shall have a main AppRoutingModule.
    • The boilerplate shall provide an example of a lazy-loaded feature route.
    • Navigation links in the sidebar shall correctly navigate to their corresponding routes.
  • Priority: Medium

Non-Functional Requirements

NFR-001: Performance (Developer Experience)

  • Description: The boilerplate should be optimized for a fast and efficient development workflow.
  • Acceptance Criteria:
    • The initial ng serve compilation time shall be reasonably fast.
    • Live-reloading times during development shall be minimal.
    • The production build (ng build --prod) shall be optimized, with tree-shaking and minification enabled.
  • Priority: Medium

NFR-002: Usability (Developer Experience)

  • Description: The codebase should be intuitive and easy for an Angular developer to understand and extend.
  • Acceptance Criteria:
    • The project structure shall be logical and follow established Angular best practices.
    • The code shall be clean, well-formatted, and include comments for complex or non-obvious sections.
    • A comprehensive README.txt file shall guide developers on setup, architecture, and usage.
  • Priority: High

NFR-003: Maintainability

  • Description: The codebase should be structured to allow for easy updates, modifications, and extensions.
  • Acceptance Criteria:
    • The modular architecture shall allow for independent development and testing of features.
    • Dependencies shall be clearly defined in package.json and easy to update.
    • The separation of concerns between modules should be strictly enforced.
  • Priority: High

Data Requirements (Client-Side)

Entity Modeling:

  • Description: The boilerplate will not have predefined data models but will require developers to define them using TypeScript.
  • Attributes:
    • Data models shall be defined as TypeScript interfaces or classes.
    • These models will represent the structure of data consumed from and sent to a backend API.

Interface Requirements

UI/UX Requirements (Frontend Boilerplate):

  • Layout: A clean, professional single-page application layout based on the Clarity Design System.
  • Header: A top header bar, typically containing the application title/logo and user-related actions (e.g., profile, logout).
  • Sidebar: A collapsible vertical navigation sidebar containing links to different feature areas of the application.
  • Content Area: A main content area where the components for the currently active route are displayed.
  • Styling: Adherence to the styles and design tokens provided by the Clarity Design System.

API Requirements (Backend Interaction):

  • Backend Agnostic: The boilerplate is a frontend application and makes no assumptions about the backend technology stack.
  • Communication Protocol: The boilerplate shall use Angular's HttpClient module to communicate with a backend over HTTP/HTTPS.
  • API Endpoint Configuration: The base URL for the backend API shall be configurable via the environments files (e.g., environment.ts, environment.prod.ts).
  • Data Format: The boilerplate is designed to work with APIs that transact data in JSON format.
  • Error Handling: The architecture shall support a centralized way to handle API errors, typically through an HttpInterceptor provided in the CoreModule.