Redux Toolkit
Finalized the codebase’s conversion to Redux Toolkit, implementing type-safe hooks as recommended by the Redux documentation. We also refactored a number of legacy functions to a more modern and streamlined hook implementation.
File Upload
Addressed an outstanding issue that requested the ability to attach files on HTTP requests. You are now able to select binary in the body drop down tab and attach a file of your choice that will be sent as binary to your specified endpoint.
Dark Mode
Dark mode has now been integrated across the application.
TypeScript
Numerous improvements were made to the TypeScript quality across the codebase, allowing future contributors to more easily identify imported types and minimize type errors.
Test Coverage
Test coverage was expanded to over 60% globally, including unit, integration, and end to end testing using both Jest and Mocha. We primarily focused on the main electron controllers but expanded test coverage in numerous other areas, including testing for new features.
CSP
Implemented a Content Security Policy (CSP) into the Electron and webpack bundle to generate nonce values for all scripts and styles in order to reduce the possibility of cross-site scripting attacks.
WSL Users
Documentation for Swell was already quite good for an open-source project, but we made quite a few improvements. Most notably, we added in-depth, step by step instructions for WSL users on how to properly set up your dev environment to work on an Electron app.