[discovery] Upgrade from `react-table` (v7) to `@tanstack/react-table` (v8)
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- Dominant language
- JavaScript
- Stars
- 140
- Forks
- 100
- Avg merge
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- Merged PRs (30d)
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Description
Improvements
https://www.npmjs.com/package/@tanstack/react-table
DataTable uses an older verison of react-table. We should look into upgrading to the latest version (@tanstack/react-table) and updating documentation.
Related issue (short term fix): https://github.com/openedx/paragon/issues/2934
Contributor guide
First steps
- Read the whole issue, then the project's contributing guide.
- Comment on the issue to say you are picking it up — it saves two people doing the same work.
- Fork the repository and make your change on a branch.
- Open a pull request that references the issue number.
Research direction
Start by locating the DataTable implementation and its current react-table v7 usage. Review the @tanstack/react-table package and the related issue for context, then identify the documentation that describes DataTable. Done means the upgrade scope is confirmed, DataTable uses the v8 package, and the affected documentation is updated.
Written by the indexing model from the issue text.
Assessment
- Tech stack
- javascript, react
- Domain
- documentation, frontend
- Issue type
- Refactor
- Difficulty
- 4/5
- Estimated time
- 3-5 days
- Activity status
- Quiet
- Clarity
- Mostly clear
- Newbie friendliness
- 45/100