aex/ROADMAP.md

ROADMAP — aex

A D&D 5e character sheet and campaign dashboard. One page per concern: character, inventory, quests, notes, contacts, item reference. Built with Leptos 0.8 (SSR + hydration), actix-web, SCSS.

MVP definition

The MVP is done when a player can run a real session with the app:

• the app opens with last session's state (survives tab close / reload)
• the player can track HP, spell slots, hit dice, death saves, money, inventory (add, remove, move items — including from item search)
• the player can record quests, notes, and contacts as the session happens
• the player can look up any item's stats and add it to inventory
• the player can back up the dashboard to a JSON file and restore it

Current state (Feb 2026)

Area	Status
Header: campaign name, image, in-game date, session steppers	Works
Header: Save / Load / Clear buttons	Dead (no persistence)
Sidebar: image, names, class/level/XP, HP, hit dice, death saves, spell slots	Works
Character page /	Stub — renders literal text "character"
Inventory page /inv: personal + common, money, item rows	Works
Item search (nucleo over ~5k bundled 5e.tools items)	Component exists, wired to no page
Item "+" (add) and "…" (details) buttons	Dead
Quests / Notes / Contacts	Models + mock data exist, zero UI, no routes
Prepared spells	Model exists, list is empty; Spell is a @TODO stub
Attunements	Model exists, no UI
Settings	Empty struct
Persistence	None — hardcoded Dashboard::mock() on every load
e2e tests	Example Playwright spec only
README	Stock Leptos template

Non-goals (explicitly out of MVP)

• accounts, multi-user, or sync across devices
• server-side database
• dice rolling, character builder, full rulebook
• multiple campaigns / dashboards switching
• images hosted by the app (remote URLs are fine)

Effort legend

• S — ~0.5 day
• M — ~1-2 days
• L — ~3-5 days

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Phase 0 — Build hygiene (S, ~0.5-1 day)

Cheap, unblocks the rest. Can happen any time; do it first.

• rewrite README (currently the stock template)
• deduplicate foundry.json load in src/statics/mod.rs (loaded twice)
• clear compiler warnings (unused imports, unused qty in item.rs)
• decide Cargo.lock policy — currently gitignored, builds are non-reproducible; commit it (done: committed 2026-08-04)
• [~] dependency and idiom cleanup — see MODERNIZE.md (drop unused deps, lazy_static → LazyLock, local replacements for num-format/num-traits) (done: lazy_static → LazyLock only; the rest stays pending)
• [~] decide on the under-consideration unused deps from MODERNIZE.md (seq-macro, leptos-use, http, console_log, js-sys); the rest (itertools, thiserror, anyhow, pretty_env_logger, dotenvy) stay (decision: nothing removed; revisit later)
• replace end2end/tests/example.spec.ts with a smoke test (app boots, nav renders, no console errors)

Phase 1 — Persistence: localStorage + JSON export/import (L, ~3-5 days)

The foundation. Every later phase depends on it.

• derive serde::Serialize / Deserialize on all entities in src/entities/mod.rs (Dashboard, PlayerData, Balance, Inventory, InventoryEntry, InventoryItem, QuestBook, Quest, NoteBook, Note, ContactBook, Contact, SpellSlots, Attunements, PreparedSpells, Spell, HitDice, DeathSaveThrows, Name, Settings; enums: InventoryKind, ContactStatus, PreparedSpell)
• verify Store derive and serde derive coexist on the same structs (prototype first)
• add a version field to Settings; add a migration hook for future format changes
• serialize Dashboard to JSON; save to localStorage via web_sys::Storage (feature-gate to hydrate/csr; SSR renders mock/empty)
• auto-save on change — debounced effect over the Store — plus manual Save button
• Load button: restore from localStorage with an overwrite confirm
• Clear button: wipe localStorage with a confirm
• export: download dashboard.json as a blob
• import: file input → parse → validate version → replace state
• on startup, hydrate from localStorage; keep mock() as the fallback / "New dashboard"
• Acceptance: close the tab, reopen — state is intact. Export → import into a fresh browser — identical state.

Phase 2 — Character page (M, ~1-2 days)

/ currently renders the literal string "character".

• player card: portrait, name, class, level, XP (data already in sidebar)
• HP block: temp / current / max, Numput-style editing
• prepared spells UI: render Vacant/Occupied slots; free-text spell name entry (upgrade the Spell stub from name-only to name + optional level/description)
• attunements UI: 3 slots, free text, clear button (model exists)
• Acceptance: player can set prepared spells and attunements; they persist.

Phase 3 — Inventory & item search end-to-end (L, ~3-5 days)

Rows are editable and move/remove works. Search exists but is orphaned; "+" and "…" buttons are dead.

• host ItemSearchField on a page (Wiki page is the natural home — see Phase 7)
• "+" adds the BookItem to the personal inventory: merge into a row with the same name, else new row, quantity 1
• "…" opens an item detail view: description, rarity, weight, tags, source data (BookItem.rest)
• free-form add-entry UI: add a row (name/quantity/weight) without search
• edit a row: name, quantity, weight, description
• stretch: carrying capacity — sum row weights per inventory, show total vs limit
• Acceptance: search "potion" → click + → a row appears in the personal inventory with the correct weight; state persists.

Phase 4 — Quests page (M, ~1-2 days)

New route /quests. Model and mock data exist; zero UI.

• add a completion state to Quest (the model lacks one today)
• quest list: title, giver (Name), taken/task locations, dates, reward (Balance, reuse Numput), description
• add / update / delete quest; toggle complete
• sort by deadline; highlight overdue
• Acceptance: create a quest, reload — it is still there; mark it complete.

Phase 5 — Notes page (M, ~1-2 days)

New route /notes. Model and mock data exist; zero UI.

• note list: content, in-game date, session, tags; add / edit / delete
• tag chips; filter by tag or by session
• quick-add defaults to the header's current session and in-game date
• Acceptance: log a note mid-session, filter by tag, reload — still there.

Phase 6 — Contacts page (M, ~1-2 days)

New route /contacts. Model and mock data exist; zero UI.

• contact cards: name, alias, status, location, notes, optional image
• status filter: Alive / Dead / DeadBygone / Unknown
• add / edit / delete contact
• Acceptance: find a contact by status filter; edit its notes; persists.

Phase 7 — Wiki page: item reference (M, ~1-2 days)

/wiki currently renders "books". Search infrastructure already exists.

• host ItemSearchField here with results list
• item detail panel: rarity, weight, full entry text from the JSON rest field
• filters: rarity / category tags; lazy list or pagination — never render 5k rows
• "Add to inventory" shortcut (reuses the Phase 3 path)
• Acceptance: browse or search items, open a detail, add to inventory.

Phase 8 — Polish, tests, release (L, ~2-4 days)

• responsive SCSS pass (sidebar and header on mobile widths)
• Playwright e2e: persistence round-trip, add item from search, quest CRUD, notes filter
• rewrite README: usage, dev workflow, deploy
• release build via cargo-leptos; verify SSR + hydration; pick a deploy target
• Acceptance: fresh clone → cargo leptos build → app runs; e2e green.

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Sequencing notes

• Phase 1 before Phases 2-7: every new page must persist. Building pages first against mock data and persisting later costs a data-migration pass instead.
• Phases 2 and 3 can run in parallel after Phase 1 (different components).
• Phases 4-6 are independent of each other and share one CRUD-list pattern — build the pattern once (e.g. a generic list editor) and reuse it.
• Phase 7 reuses the Phase 3 add-to-inventory path; keep that path shared.

Known debt and risks

• Cargo.lock is gitignored — builds are not reproducible. Decide in Phase 0.
• serde × Store derive on the same structs — unverified combination; prototype before committing to it (Phase 1).
• ~3.9 MB of item JSON bundled via include_str! — parses on startup in the browser. Fine for MVP; moving to a server function is a post-MVP option.
• localStorage has a ~5 MB budget — plenty for text JSON state.
• Browser APIs on SSR — localStorage access must be gated to hydrate/csr; SSR renders from mock or empty state.