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[Zorodebug5]

First, this is one of the best examples on GitHub, I all most reviews more than 100 code base on GitHub
just I have few questions please if you could help me improving myself,

1. why do you think creating a special module for logger contains a few classes is better than putting logger in util module for example, because each module will add a complexity for the project

2. what is the purpose of splitting api,implementation modules into two modules instead of one module with two packages

[thomaskioko]

Hi @Zorodebug5, sorry for the late replay. Thanks so much for the compliment. 🙂

1. The logger was in the util module; I moved it out to experiment with a few things. I plan on adding Firebase to it. But only time will tell.
2. Your question is valid. I admit this is an overkill and could be simplified. I started with them being in a single module(common), but things were getting out of hand.

The whole idea of the API/Module implementation is this:

• It makes experimenting with new/different technologies easier without changing a lot in other modules.

• Better communication/sharing between modules. One "complex" feature is the show details. We need to get Show Information, Trailer Information, Season Information, etc. If you think about it, show-details module doesn't care about the implementation or dependencies. We just need to use the api modules to request data. To sum it up

  • api -> Describes the module on a high level . Eg, Gets me a list of shows.
  • implementaiton -> Contains all the implementation details, dependencies/libraries used.

• Better dependency hierarchy & encapsulation. (Transitive dependencies can be a pain.)

• Using Fixtures for testing: One huge thing that I like with this approach is I can easily create fixtures and use them in my tests instead of using mocks. So, better tests. 😄 So if the implementation ever changes, we can catch anything that's broken with the tests.

• It's not visible here, but when you scale, it helps with build speeds.

I wrote an article about it here. It will give you a glimpse of how. I got here.

I hope this answers your question. If you need help or more clarification, feel free to ask.