# Technology Stack Document
Generated: Tuesday, September 16, 2025

## Frontend Technologies

* **Framework:** **Angular**. The boilerplate is built on the latest stable version of the Angular framework, chosen for its robustness, component-based architecture, and suitability for large-scale, enterprise applications.
* **Language:** **TypeScript**. As a superset of JavaScript, TypeScript is used for its strong typing, which improves code quality, maintainability, and developer productivity.
* **Styling:** **SCSS**. SCSS is used for its advanced features over standard CSS, such as variables, nesting, and mixins, allowing for more organized and maintainable stylesheets.
* **UI Framework:** **VMware Clarity Design System**. This comprehensive design system provides a set of accessible, high-quality UI components and a consistent visual language, which accelerates UI development.
* **Core Libraries:**
    * **RxJS:** Used extensively throughout Angular for reactive programming and managing asynchronous operations.
    * **Zone.js:** A signaling mechanism that enables Angular's automatic change detection.

## Backend Technologies

* **Backend Agnostic:** This is a frontend-only boilerplate and is not tied to any specific backend technology. It is designed to communicate with any backend that exposes a RESTful or GraphQL API.

## Database Technologies

* **Not Applicable:** As a frontend project, the boilerplate does not include a database.

## Infrastructure & Deployment

* **Web Server:** The built application consists of static files that can be served by any modern web server (e.g., **Nginx**, **Apache**, **Caddy**).
* **Hosting:** The project can be deployed to any static site hosting provider, such as **Firebase Hosting**, **Netlify**, **Vercel**, **AWS S3**, or **GitHub Pages**.
* **Containerization (Optional):** The application can be easily containerized using **Docker** for consistent deployment environments.

## Development & Build Tools

* **Build Tool:** **Angular CLI**. The command-line interface for Angular is used for creating, building, testing, and deploying the application.
* **Package Manager:** **npm**. The Node Package Manager is used for managing all project dependencies.
* **Version Control:** **Git**. Git is the standard for version control and source code management.
* **Testing:**
    * **Unit Testing:** **Jasmine** (framework) and **Karma** (test runner) are the default tools for unit testing in Angular.
    * **End-to-End (E2E) Testing:** The project can be configured to use **Protractor** or more modern alternatives like **Cypress** or **Playwright**.
* **Code Formatting/Linting:**
    * **ESLint:** Used for identifying and reporting on patterns in ECMAScript/JavaScript code.
    * **Prettier:** An opinionated code formatter that enforces a consistent style.
    * **EditorConfig:** Helps maintain consistent coding styles for multiple developers working on the same project across various editors and IDEs.

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## TECH STACK UPDATE - 2025-10-14 06:39:10


# Technology Stack Document
Generated: 2025-10-14T06:37:01Z

## Notes Application Technology Stack
This section details the specific technologies and tools to be used for implementing the Notes Application, building upon the existing Angular Clarity Boilerplate.

### Frontend Technologies
-   **Framework:** Angular (existing, version as per boilerplate).
    *   The Notes application will be developed using standard Angular features: Components, Services, Modules, and Routing (for `NotesModule`).
-   **Language:** TypeScript (existing).
    *   Strongly typed code for defining `Note` models and ensuring code quality.
-   **Styling:** VMware Clarity Design System (existing).
    *   Clarity UI components (e.g., `clr-input`, `clr-textarea`, `clr-button`, `clr-datagrid` or `clr-stack-view` for note list) will be utilized for all user interface elements to ensure consistency with the base project and adherence to `requirements_document.md` (FR-003, IR-001, IR-002, IR-003).
-   **State Management:** Component-local state management combined with reactive data streams from `LocalStorageService` using RxJS.
    *   `BehaviorSubject` or `Subject` within `LocalStorageService` will notify components of data changes, enabling real-time UI updates without complex global state management libraries for this simple scope.

### Backend Technologies
-   **Backend:** N/A.
    *   The application is strictly frontend-only, as per the `analysis_document.md` and `io8codermaster_breakdown.md` constraint of using local storage for data persistence.
-   **API:** N/A.
    *   No external API endpoints will be consumed or exposed by the Notes application.

### Database Technologies
-   **Primary Database:** Browser `localStorage` API.
    *   All note data will be stored directly in the browser's `localStorage` as a JSON string, as specified in `requirements_document.md` (FR-005, Data Requirements).
-   **Caching:** N/A.
    *   `localStorage` itself serves as the persistence and caching layer for this application.

### Infrastructure
-   **Deployment:** Leverages the existing Angular Clarity Boilerplate's deployment mechanisms (e.g., Docker, static file hosting on AWS S3/CloudFront, Azure Static Web Apps, GCP Cloud Storage) for serving the static frontend application.
-   **Hosting:** Inherited from the base boilerplate (e.g., AWS, Azure, GCP).

### Development Tools
-   **Version Control:** Git (existing).
-   **Testing:** Karma/Jasmine for unit tests, Protractor for end-to-end tests (existing Angular setup).
    *   Unit tests for `LocalStorageService` and `NoteFormComponent` logic.
-   **CI/CD:** Inherited from the base boilerplate's pipeline for Angular applications.
-   **Code Generation:** Angular CLI for generating new modules, components, and services.
-   **Unique ID Generation:** A JavaScript UUID library (e.g., `uuid` if installed, or a simple custom ID generator based on timestamps and random numbers for small-scale uniqueness) will be used for generating unique `id`s for notes.



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## TECH STACK UPDATE - 2025-10-14 06:39:51


# Technology Stack Document
Generated: 2025-10-14T06:37:01Z

## Notes Application Technology Stack
This section details the specific technologies and tools to be used for implementing the Notes Application, building upon the existing Angular Clarity Boilerplate.

### Frontend Technologies
-   **Framework:** Angular (existing, version as per boilerplate).
    *   The Notes application will be developed using standard Angular features: Components, Services, Modules, and Routing (for `NotesModule`).
-   **Language:** TypeScript (existing).
    *   Strongly typed code for defining `Note` models and ensuring code quality.
-   **Styling:** VMware Clarity Design System (existing).
    *   Clarity UI components (e.g., `clr-input`, `clr-textarea`, `clr-button`, `clr-datagrid` or `clr-stack-view` for note list) will be utilized for all user interface elements to ensure consistency with the base project and adherence to `requirements_document.md` (FR-003, IR-001, IR-002, IR-003).
-   **State Management:** Component-local state management combined with reactive data streams from `LocalStorageService` using RxJS.
    *   `BehaviorSubject` or `Subject` within `LocalStorageService` will notify components of data changes, enabling real-time UI updates without complex global state management libraries for this simple scope.

### Backend Technologies
-   **Backend:** N/A.
    *   The application is strictly frontend-only, as per the `analysis_document.md` and `io8codermaster_breakdown.md` constraint of using local storage for data persistence.
-   **API:** N/A.
    *   No external API endpoints will be consumed or exposed by the Notes application.

### Database Technologies
-   **Primary Database:** Browser `localStorage` API.
    *   All note data will be stored directly in the browser's `localStorage` as a JSON string, as specified in `requirements_document.md` (FR-005, Data Requirements).
-   **Caching:** N/A.
    *   `localStorage` itself serves as the persistence and caching layer for this application.

### Infrastructure
-   **Deployment:** Leverages the existing Angular Clarity Boilerplate's deployment mechanisms (e.g., Docker, static file hosting on AWS S3/CloudFront, Azure Static Web Apps, GCP Cloud Storage) for serving the static frontend application.
-   **Hosting:** Inherited from the base boilerplate (e.g., AWS, Azure, GCP).

### Development Tools
-   **Version Control:** Git (existing).
-   **Testing:** Karma/Jasmine for unit tests, Protractor for end-to-end tests (existing Angular setup).
    *   Unit tests for `LocalStorageService` and `NoteFormComponent` logic.
-   **CI/CD:** Inherited from the base boilerplate's pipeline for Angular applications.
-   **Code Generation:** Angular CLI for generating new modules, components, and services.
-   **Unique ID Generation:** A JavaScript UUID library (e.g., `uuid` if installed, or a simple custom ID generator based on timestamps and random numbers for small-scale uniqueness) will be used for generating unique `id`s for notes.

