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# Frontend tooling
Type-safety and quality tooling for the Vue 3 + TypeScript SPAs.
## ts-reset
Installed in both `apps/portal/` and `apps/app/` as a dev-dependency.
Imported via `src/reset.d.ts`:
```typescript
import '@total-typescript/ts-reset'
```
Both SPAs' `tsconfig.json` include `./src/**/*`, so the `.d.ts` is
picked up automatically — no explicit `include` edit needed.
### What it changes
ts-reset patches TypeScript's loosest default types:
- `Array.filter(Boolean)` returns non-nullable `Array<T>` instead
of `Array<T | null | undefined | false | 0 | "">`
- `JSON.parse` returns `unknown` instead of `any`
- `fetch().then(r => r.json())` returns `unknown` instead of `any`
- `Array.includes()` accepts narrower types
- `Map.get()` returns `T | undefined` more strictly
- See <https://github.com/total-typescript/ts-reset> for the full list
### Why this matters
The default TypeScript types for these built-ins lose information
that real code relies on. ts-reset fixes the types to match runtime
behavior, surfacing bugs that were previously hidden.
### Adoption state
**apps/app** — 0 pre-install tsc errors in own code; install
surfaced 2 errors in `src/stores/useImpersonationStore.ts` (both
from `JSON.parse` on sessionStorage content). Both fixed inline via
`as ImpersonationState` assertions that make the existing trust-in-
sessionStorage explicit. A backlog entry (TECH-TS-IMPERSONATION)
tracks proper runtime validation of the stored shape.
**apps/portal** — 22 pre-existing tsc errors in own code (mostly
tiptap editor components — unrelated to ts-reset). ts-reset added
0 new errors in portal's own code. 4 additional errors surfaced in
tiptap's third-party `.ts` sources under `node_modules` (tiptap
ships uncompiled TypeScript and some of its internal `JSON.parse`
call sites fall under ts-reset's tightening). Not our code; left
as-is.
Neither SPA achieves `tsc --noEmit` clean today — that's a pre-
existing state unrelated to this work package. Build + vitest are
the actual CI-relevant gates and both remain green.
### Bypassing
`@ts-expect-error` with comment justification at the call site —
never blanket-disable ts-reset. If a specific reset is genuinely
wrong for the project, document it; the upstream issue is the
backstop.
## Vitest
Runs against `apps/portal/` and `apps/app/`. `apps/app/` has a
Vitest test suite (402 tests as of May 2026); run with `pnpm test`
from `apps/app/`.
## Storybook
Storybook 10.x is installed in apps/app/ as a component development
and documentation tool.
**Scripts (run from apps/app/):**
- `pnpm storybook` — dev server on http://localhost:6006
- `pnpm build-storybook` — static build to storybook-static/
**Config files:**
- apps/app/.storybook/main.ts — framework, stories glob, addons, viteFinal aliases
- apps/app/.storybook/preview.ts — PrimeVue (via installPrimeVue plugin), Tailwind
**Stories location:** co-located with components (ComponentName.stories.ts
next to ComponentName.vue). Exception: smoke-test stories live in
src/stories/.
**Addons (explicit, no addon-essentials):**
- @storybook/addon-docs — autodocs, prop tables
- @storybook/addon-a11y — axe-core accessibility checks per story
**Scope boundary:** Storybook = isolated render, autodocs, a11y.
Interaction testing (click, form submit, emit) stays in Playwright CT.
Do NOT install @storybook/addon-interactions.
**Not in Storybook:** page-level views, components with direct
useAuthStore / useOrganisationStore calls (these need to be
decoupled to props first).