[2023-01-08] Team GUI Demo Day

[farmaazon]

Summary: what left to enjoy new GUI?

• Reference rewriting #8683 - an AST changes API required to fix some issues in setting placeholders' values and finish other tasks.
• Reorder nodes after connecting. #8494 - blocked by above.
• Provide MethodCall-like information about constructor calls. #8663 - otherwise we won't display placeholders for constructors' arguments.
• Collapsing nodes #8686 - in review process.

[farmaazon]

• Widget refactoring & show widget in placeholders #8687 - we finally have + button in array placeholders!

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[vitvakatu]

Not much progress since last demo:

• Finishing Collapsing nodes #8686 (on review). Proper nodes positioning requires fixes in AST editing API.
• Starting implementation of e2e tests for collapsing nodes and entering nodes. It requires some changes in our mocks.

[Frizi]

• Node reordering still in progress, currently blocked by AST edit bugs, waiting on Kaz to deliver a fix Reorder nodes after connecting. #8494
• Working on unified icons setup in Figma. Currently merged all icons from the app and in design, and unified their definition to always fit 16x16 and have consistent colors. The goal is to have a one-click export option for whole icon sheet. Process for simple exporting icons from Figma. #8387

icons-dyn-colors.mp4

[hubertp]

Relevant backend changes:

• Using simple data I/O streams instead of Jackson in ModuleCache Replace Jackson library by simple data I/O streams #8693
• Cats are not welcome Cats are not welcome #8696
• Remove org.bouncycastle dependency Remove org.bouncycastle dependency #8664
• Test benchmark theory Test benchmark theory #8668
  .. and possibly one more (optimizing AliasAnalysis pass Optimize AliasAnalysis hotspot #8701)

So far 13% startup improvement between 2nd and 8th of January.