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Tech Enhancement: Support Absolute Imports

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#3716 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

Contributor guide

Tech stack
typescriptreact
Domain
frontendbuild system
Issue type
feature
DifficultyEstimated implementation difficulty for a new contributor, from 1 for very small changes to 5 for expert-level work.
3
Estimated timeA rough time range for an experienced contributor to investigate, implement, test, and prepare a pull request.
1-2 days
Activity statusHow available the issue appears right now: fresh, active, stale, blocked, or waiting on maintainer input.
fresh
ClarityHow clearly the issue explains the expected change, acceptance criteria, and next step.
mostly clear
Prerequisites
understanding of import aliasesfamiliarity with webpack config
Newbie friendlinessA 1-100 score estimating how approachable this issue is for first-time contributors.
65
Research direction
Investigate the project's build configuration (likely webpack) to set up path aliases for absolute imports. Then, update import statements across the codebase to use absolute paths instead of relative ones. Reference the linked internal thread for additional context on desired behavior.