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Tech Enhancement: Support Absolute Imports

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#3,716 opened on Aug 22, 2022

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Description

Summary

Support absolute imports over our current usage of relative imports i.e.

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@asaadmahmood brought this up (thread linked below) w/ this supporting article: https://hackernoon.com/react-pro-tip-use-absolute-imports-for-better-readability-and-easy-refactoring-2ad5c7f2f957

How important this is to me and why

Importance: High/Medium/Low

Use cases: 1. 2. 3.

Additional context/similar features

Relevant (Staff-only) thread: https://community.mattermost.com/private-core/pl/sieq4acxgbrwxcfsf47h94hxor

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Research direction
Investigate how to configure absolute imports in the project's build tooling (likely Webpack or Vite) and TypeScript configuration. Look for existing patterns in similar frontend projects and add an alias configuration.
Tech stack
typescriptreact
Domain
frontenddeveloper experience
Issue type
Feature
DifficultyEstimated implementation difficulty for a new contributor, from 1 for very small changes to 5 for expert-level work.
2
Estimated timeA rough time range for an experienced contributor to investigate, implement, test, and prepare a pull request.
Under 1 hour
Activity statusHow available the issue appears right now: fresh, active, stale, blocked, or waiting on maintainer input.
Active
ClarityHow clearly the issue explains the expected change, acceptance criteria, and next step.
Clear
Prerequisites
JavaScriptNode.js
Newbie friendlinessA 1-100 score estimating how approachable this issue is for first-time contributors.
80