smartfuzzy/readme.plan.md

SmartFuzzy Improvement Plan

Current Status

• ESM imports/exports fixed with .js extensions
• Basic fuzzy matching functionality works
• Testing infrastructure fixed with @git.zone/tsrun dependency
• Test syntax needs standardization (converting from chai-style to SmartExpect syntax)
• Using older versions of dependencies

Improvement Plan

1. Testing Improvements

1.1 Update Test Syntax and Standards

• Convert all tests from chai-style syntax (expect().to.be) to SmartExpect syntax (expect().toBeInstanceOf())
• Implement consistent test structure across all test files
• Add proper setup and teardown patterns where needed
• Replace console.log statements with proper assertions to validate results
• Add descriptive error messages to assertions to improve test debugging

1.2 Expand Test Coverage

• Add tests for empty dictionaries and edge cases
• Test with extremely large dictionaries to verify performance
• Add tests for unicode/special character handling
• Test with very similar strings to validate fuzzy matching accuracy
• Add tests for error conditions and input validation
• Implement tests for all public APIs and features

2. Code Quality Improvements

• Add proper TypeScript documentation comments to all public methods
• Implement consistent error handling
• Add input validation for all public methods
• Standardize method naming conventions (e.g., get* vs find*)

3. Feature Enhancements

• Add configurable threshold options for matching
• Implement stemming/lemmatization support for better text matching
• Add language-specific matching options
• Support for weighted matching across multiple fields
• Add batch processing capabilities for large datasets

4. Performance Optimizations

• Implement caching for repeated searches
• Optimize indexing for large dictionaries
• Add benchmarking tests to measure performance improvements

5. Dependencies and Build System

• Update to latest versions of dependencies
• Ensure proper tree-shaking for browser bundle
• Add browser-specific build configuration
• Implement proper ES module / CommonJS dual package setup

6. Documentation

• Create comprehensive API documentation
• Add usage examples for common scenarios
• Create benchmarks comparing to other fuzzy matching libraries
• Document performance characteristics and optimization strategies

7. Developer Experience

• Add VS Code debugging configuration
• Implement changelog generation
• Set up automated release process
• Add contribution guidelines

Priority Order

1. Fix testing infrastructure (critical)
2. Code quality improvements (high)
3. Documentation (high)
4. Feature enhancements (medium)
5. Performance optimizations (medium)
6. Dependencies and build system (medium)
7. Developer experience (low)