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Main entry point exporting the Chart class and public API; all consumers depend on this.
Core Chart controller managing initialization, updates, and lifecycle; foundation for all chart behavior.
Base dataset controller defining how datasets are rendered and updated across all chart types.
Registry and exports for all built-in chart type controllers (bar, line, pie, etc.).
Plugin and component registration system allowing extensions without modifying core files.
Build configuration defining how source is compiled to UMD, ESM, and CommonJS bundles.
HTML5 Canvas
Native browser API providing high-performance 2D drawing without DOM overhead; allows flexible, pixel-precise rendering.
TypeScript
Provides type safety for complex chart APIs and configuration; aids maintainability in large codebase with multiple extension points.
Plugin Architecture
Decouples built-in features (legend, tooltip, title) from core, reducing coupling and enabling third-party extensions without core modification.
Monorepo (pnpm workspace)
Separates auto-registration and helper packages, allowing flexible bundling strategies for different consumer scenarios (webpack 4, modern bundlers).
Rollup
Produces optimized ESM, UMD, and CommonJS builds from TypeScript/JavaScript source with tree-shaking support.
Build-time
Runtime
Canvas-only rendering (no SVG option)
Canvas provides unified performance characteristics and simpler rendering model; SVG would require separate rendering paths.
Accessibility features (alt text, native selection) require manual implementation; not suitable for highly interactive document-like interfaces.
Global registry pattern (core.registry.js) for chart types and scales
Enables dynamic registration and plugin composition without hardcoding all chart types; simplifies bundler support.
Requires explicit registration step for custom types; less discoverable via static analysis.
Configuration-driven behavior over inheritance-heavy subclassing
Reduces boilerplate and allows runtime behavior changes; more flexible for combinations of features.
Large, nested configuration objects can be difficult to navigate; requires careful defaults management.
Sequential plugin hook execution (not parallel)
Ensures predictable ordering and allows plugins to depend on prior transformations.
Cannot leverage multi-threading; performance depends on hook implementation quality.
This repo is in good health with CI, tests, and active maintenance.
How maintainable the code looks — from complexity, code issues, test presence, file size, and hotspot load. It grades the shape of the code, not defect risk, and doesn't replace review.
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1,458 test files detected
Where: test/fixtures/controller.bar · test/fixtures/controller.bar/backgroundColor · test
1,458 test files / 106 source files. This is a file-count ratio, not real line coverage — set up Codecov for authoritative numbers.
Dependabot
Files edited often AND hard to reason about. Churn = recent commit frequency, Complexity = branches and nesting, Risk = both combined. These are the highest-leverage targets for refactoring or testing.
Files that change often and are complex tend to accumulate more bugs
Static analysis on sampled source files (up to 15 files).