🚀 State of ARC - February 2024

[yeshamavani]

Dear ARC Community,
Greetings! Hope you're well. Our team has been hard at work crafting exciting updates for ARC, and this month's newsletter is brimming with cool highlights spanning across all our branches ARC API, ARC IAC and ARC UI. Dive in and discover the latest innovations tailored just for you!

No more waiting, let's get to the good stuff!

🎨 ARC UI

1. Enhanced workflow-creator: Our team successfully addressed the integration challenges of the web component with React, ensuring seamless integration for developers across various frameworks. Now, developers can effortlessly incorporate the component into their projects without encountering compatibility issues. Thanks to Deepika Mahindro and Arpit Khanna for their contribution.

⏳ Coming Soon

Watch this space for other exciting things we are working on:

1. ARC SaaS: In the pipeline is a cutting-edge super admin app tailored to facilitate effortless tenant onboarding, streamline subscription management, and optimize billing processes. This robust tool is poised to elevate operational efficiency, ensuring a smooth and intuitive experience for overseeing and managing our platform's diverse user base.

2. Story Book in ng Boiler Plate: The separation of components not only enhances development but also facilitates better testing of features. We will soon integrate Storybook into our Angular boilerplate, providing isolation between components and pages.

🔗 Learn More About ARC UI

🌐 ARC IaC

1. Customizable CDK Terraforms: Our single-page application now grants you the power to tailor the properties of its resources to your exact specifications. Formerly static values have transitioned into customizable defaults, offering users unprecedented control over their configurations. Thanks to Vishas Yogi for his contribution.

⏳ Coming Soon

Get a sneak peek of our future updates:

1. ARC SaaS: We are actively fortifying our SaaS compliance by building a resilient control plane infrastructure on Amazon EKS, ensuring seamless orchestration and management of tenants. Our key priorities encompass streamlined commissioning, secure decommissioning, robust monitoring, observability, and precise metering and billing for optimal tenant management within the platform.

2. arc-cdk Updates: We will enhance our arc-cdk by adding following features-
   S3 State Storage: Storing state files in S3 enhances reliability and scalability, allowing for efficient tracking and management of infrastructure changes.
   SSM Support for Secret Values: Integration with Systems Manager (SSM) for secret values ensures a secure and centralized approach to managing sensitive information, contributing to improved security practices.
   API Protocol Switch Support: The ability to switch API protocols adds flexibility, accommodating different communication requirements, and supporting diverse use cases for improved interoperability.

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🔧 ARC API

1. Reporting Service: Our upcoming Reporting MS enables aggregating information from distributed databases, offering a consolidated, customisable, and query-driven solution. Imagine configuring your reports and charts across multiple DBs with ease! Ensuring seamless data visualisation and analysis with ACL to maintain personalisation and data security. Thanks to Sourav Bhargava for his contribution.

2. Enhanced cli: Our ARC CLI boasts improved error handling, providing clearer insights into process failures. Additionally, we've implemented scaffolded monorepo structures with CI/CD workflow files, ensuring consistent checks across projects, validating pull requests, and automating builds upon merges. Contributed by Sunny Tyagi and Yesha Mavani.

⏳ Coming Soon

Excited to share what we will be serving you soon:

1.ARC SaaS: We are optimizing our APIs to seamlessly integrate with the SaaS environment, with two key enhancements. Firstly, the ability to dynamically retrieve datasource connections in a pooled environment for increased adaptability. Secondly, we are implementing features to generate and initiate tenant-aware audits and monitoring logs, elevating our security measures within the platform.

🔗 Learn More About ARC API

We can't wait to bring you these exciting updates! Keep an eye out for more details and release announcements in the near future.

That’s a wrap for this month’s updates! 🙂
We can't wait to see the things you'll create using these fresh features and enhancements. Remember, your feedback means the world to us. Whether you have questions, ideas, or just want to chat, don't hesitate to post your thoughts in the arc-general channel.
Stay tuned for more exciting updates in the months ahead, and happy coding!
Best wishes,
The ARC Team 😎