feat: recommendation engine infrastructure

docusaurus.config.js

@@ -40,6 +40,11 @@ module.exports = {
           position: 'left',
           label: 'Examples'
         },
+        {
+          to:'/recommendation',
+          label: 'Recommendation engine',
+          position: 'left',
+        },
         // {to: '/blog', label: 'Blog', position: 'left'},
         {
           href: 'https://github.com/crossplatform-dev/crossplatform.dev',

src/components/RecommendationWizard.js

@@ -0,0 +1,196 @@
+import React, { useState } from 'react';
+import styles from './RecommendationWizard.module.css';
+import { questions } from '../data/questions.js';
+import { technologies } from '../data/technologies.js';
+
+const State = {
+  Waiting: 'waiting',
+  Questioning: 'questioning',
+  Ended: 'ended',
+};
+
+/**
+ * Based on the user's answers returns a list of technologies
+ * to look at in order of priority.
+ */
+const getRecommendations = (selectedTags) => {
+  const scoredTechnologies = [];
+  for (const technology of technologies) {
+    let score = 0;
+    let add = true;
+
+    for (const tag of selectedTags) {
+      const [feature, deal] = tag.split('-');
+      const weight = technology.categories[feature];
+      if ((deal === 'deal' && typeof weight === 'undefined') || weight === 0) {
+        // A 0 score on a category is a deal breaker
+        console.log(
+          `${technology.name} removed because of ${feature} is missing and it's a deal breaker`
+        );
+        add = false;
+        break;
+      }
+      score += weight || 0;
+    }
+
+    if (add) {
+      scoredTechnologies.push({
+        name: technology.name,
+        normalizedName: technology.normalizedName,
+        score,
+      });
+    }
+  }
+
+  const sortedTechnologies = scoredTechnologies.sort(
+    (technologyA, technologyB) => {
+      if (technologyA.score < technologyB.score) {
+        return 1;
+      }
+      if (technologyA.score == technologyB.score) {
+        return 0;
+      }
+
+      if (technologyA.score > technologyB.score) {
+        return -1;
+      }
+    }
+  );
+  return sortedTechnologies;
+};
+
+const FinalRecommendation = ({ restart, selections }) => {
+  const technologies = getRecommendations(selections);
+
+  return (
+    <div>
+      <p>
+        Based on your answers the technologies we think you should investigate
+        are:
+      </p>
+      <ul>
+        {technologies.map((technology) => {
+          return (
+            <li>
+              <a href={`/docs/${technology.normalizedName}`}>
+                {technology.name}
+              </a>
+            </li>
+          );
+        })}
+      </ul>
+      <button onClick={restart} className="button button--secondary">
+        Start again!
+      </button>
+
+      <p>
+        Doesn't seem right? Open an{' '}
+        <a href="https://github.com/crossplatform-dev/crossplatform.dev/issues/new">
+          issue
+        </a>{' '}
+        with more details!
+      </p>
+    </div>
+  );
+};
+
+/**
+ *
+ * @param {QuestioningProps} param0
+ * @returns
+ */
+const Questioning = ({ questions, done }) => {
+  const [question, setQuestion] = useState(questions[0]);
+  const [remainingQuestions, setRemainingQuestions] = useState(
+    questions.slice(1)
+  );
+  const [selectedTags, setTags] = useState([]);
+
+  /**
+   * Handles the selection changes of inputs in the form to make
+   * sure their state is updated in the React side.
+   */
+  const handleChange = (e) => {
+    const { checked, value } = e.target;
+    if (value === 'none') {
+      return;
+    }
+    const indexOf = selectedTags.indexOf(value);
+
+    if (checked) {
+      if (indexOf === -1) {
+        setTags([...selectedTags, value]);
+      }
+    } else if (indexOf !== -1) {
+      selectedTags.splice(indexOf, 1);
+      setTags([...selectedTags]);
+    }
+  };
+
+  /**
+   * Updates the user's selection for the current question
+   * and moves to the next one or the final step.
+   */
+  const handleSubmit = (evt) => {
+    evt.preventDefault();
+
+    if (remainingQuestions.length > 0) {
+      setQuestion(remainingQuestions[0]);
+      setRemainingQuestions(remainingQuestions.slice(1));
+    } else {
+      done(selectedTags);
+    }
+  };
+
+  return (
+    <form onSubmit={handleSubmit}>
+      <fieldset id="quiz">
+        <legend>{question.message}</legend>
+        {question.choices.map((choice) => {
+          const value = `${choice.value}-${
+            question.dealBreaker ? 'deal' : 'noDeal'
+          }`;
+          return (
+            <div key={choice.value}>
+              <input
+                type={question.type || 'radio'}
+                id={choice.value}
+                name="question"
+                value={value}
+                onChange={handleChange}
+              />
+              <label htmlFor={choice.value}>{choice.name}</label>
+              <br />
+            </div>
+          );
+        })}
+        <button className="button button--secondary">Next</button>
+      </fieldset>
+    </form>
+  );
+};
+
+export default function RecommendationWizard() {
+  const [status, setState] = useState(State.Questioning);
+  const [selections, setSelections] = useState([]);
+
+  const done = (choices) => {
+    setSelections(choices);
+    setState(State.Ended);
+  };
+
+  const restart = () => {
+    setState(State.Questioning);
+  };
+
+  let section;
+  if (status === State.Waiting) {
+    section = <Intro setState={setState} />;
+  } else if (status === State.Questioning) {
+    section = <Questioning questions={questions} done={done} />;
+  } else if (status === State.Ended) {
+    section = <FinalRecommendation restart={restart} selections={selections} />;
+  }
+
+  return <article>{section}</article>;
+}

src/components/RecommendationWizard.module.css

@@ -0,0 +1,20 @@
+article {
+  display: flex;
+  flex-direction: row;
+  justify-content: center;
+  margin: 5em;
+}
+
+legend {
+  background-color: #000;
+  color: #fff;
+  padding: 3px 6px;
+}
+
+button {
+    margin: 0.5em 0;
+}
+
+li {
+    list-style: none;
+}

src/data/questions.js

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+// Uses inquirer format (https://www.npmjs.com/package/inquirer#questions)
+export const questions = [
+    {
+      category: 'platformSupport',
+      message:
+        'Does your application need to run on any mobile platform? (Select all that apply)',
+      type: 'checkbox',
+      dealBreaker: true,
+      choices: [
+        { name: 'Android', value: 'android' },
+        { name: 'iOS', value: 'ios' },
+        { name: 'None', value: 'none' },
+      ],
+    },
+    {
+      category: 'platformSupport',
+      message:
+        'Does your application need to run on any desktop platform? (Select all that apply)',
+      type: 'checkbox',
+      dealBreaker: true,
+      choices: [
+        { name: 'Linux', value: 'linux' },
+        { name: 'macOS', value: 'macos' },
+        { name: 'Windows', value: 'windows' },
+        { name: 'None', value: 'none' },
+      ],
+    },
+    {
+      category: 'visual',
+      message:
+        'Do you want your application to have a consistent look across platforms or do you want it to look closer to the Operating System?',
+      choices: [
+        { name: 'Consistent accross platforms', value: 'customUI' },
+        { name: 'Match the OS look and feel', value: 'platformUI' },
+        { name: 'Indifferent', value: 'none' },
+      ],
+    },
+    {
+      category: 'fieldType',
+      message:
+        'Are you going to start a full new application or does it have to integrate with an existing one?',
+      choices: [
+        { name: 'New application', value: 'greenfield' },
+        { name: 'Existing application', value: 'brownfield' },
+      ],
+    },
+    {
+      category: 'targetAudience',
+      message: 'Who will be the main user of your application?',
+      choices: [
+        { name: 'Consumers', value: 'consumers' },
+        { name: 'Enterprise users', value: 'enterprise' },
+      ],
+    },
+    {
+      category: 'team',
+      notes: 'This depends mostly on enterprise users',
+      message:
+        'Is the application going to have a team working fulltime in the longterm?',
+      choices: [
+        { name: 'Yes', value: 'longterm' },
+        { name: 'No', value: 'shortterm' },
+      ],
+    },
+    {
+      category: 'visual',
+      message:
+        "How visually complex or interactions is going to have your app's main view/page?",
+      choices: [
+        { name: 'Simple layout or interactions', value: 'simpleLayout' },
+        { name: 'Definitely not simple', value: 'complexLayout' },
+      ],
+    },
+    {
+      category: 'support',
+      message:
+        'Do you think you will need to pay for support or would be help from the community be enough?',
+      choices: [
+        { name: 'Paid support', value: 'paidSupport' },
+        { name: 'Community', value: 'community' },
+      ],
+    },
+  ];