dependecy control system

[1337180]

Will have J4 dependency control manageable system API for plugin developers with standardized/alternative versions?
Like we want to developers IF then use latest officially supported versions. Like VUE3 vuex4 and so.

[dgrammatiko]

You don't need some Joomla specific system. All modern js scripts are module-based and work with imports/exports eg

joomla-cms/administrator/components/com_media/resources/scripts/mediamanager.es6.js

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	import Vue from 'vue';
	import Lock from 'vue-focus-lock';
	import Event from './app/Event.es6';
	import App from './components/app.vue';
	import Disk from './components/tree/disk.vue';
	import Drive from './components/tree/drive.vue';
	import Tree from './components/tree/tree.vue';
	import TreeItem from './components/tree/item.vue';
	import Toolbar from './components/toolbar/toolbar.vue';
	import Breadcrumb from './components/breadcrumb/breadcrumb.vue';
	import Browser from './components/browser/browser.vue';
	import BrowserItem from './components/browser/items/item.es6';
	import BrowserItemRow from './components/browser/items/row.vue';
	import Modal from './components/modals/modal.vue';
	import CreateFolderModal from './components/modals/create-folder-modal.vue';
	import PreviewModal from './components/modals/preview-modal.vue';
	import RenameModal from './components/modals/rename-modal.vue';
	import ShareModal from './components/modals/share-modal.vue';
	import ConfirmDeleteModal from './components/modals/confirm-delete-modal.vue';
	import Infobar from './components/infobar/infobar.vue';
	import Upload from './components/upload/upload.vue';
	import Translate from './plugins/translate.es6';
	import store from './store/store.es6';

. So in the current 4.0 branch, the media manager has a dependency on the vue 2.6.12 but if you write another front end app for, let's say installer you can have there vue 3.0.0. Joomla can't and shouldn't interfere on the front end (basically npm based) dependencies. Probably you're thinking of legacy scripts like jQuery et al but that's just legacy and you should treat them as legacy as well.

My 2p