ADR-019: React
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Status
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Accepted

Context
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JavaScript front-end frameworks can add complexity to build, deployment, and maintenance. Django’s built-in templating tools provide a simpler and more maintainable approach for most UI needs.

Decision
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This project will not accept pull requests that include native ReactJS source code or build-deploy code. Moreover, we want to minimize our use of JavaScript front-end frameworks to the Prompt Engineer Workbench UI. Other than this one part of the platform, we will attempt to limit our UI code to Django's built-in templating tools.

Alternatives Considered
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- Allowing ReactJS or other JS frameworks throughout the platform.
- Using Django templates exclusively for all UI.

Consequences
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- **Positive:**
  - Reduces build and deployment complexity.
  - Simplifies maintenance and onboarding.
  - Promotes consistency in UI implementation.
- **Negative:**
  - Limits flexibility for advanced UI features outside the Prompt Engineer Workbench.
  - May restrict use of modern JS frameworks for future features.

Related ADRs
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- [ADR-000: Introduction](000-intro)