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# features.json - Complete Configuration System
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**Build half your app (or more!) with declarative JSON configuration.**
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## Overview
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The enhanced `features.json` is a **comprehensive, declarative configuration system** that enables you to build complete applications without writing most of the boilerplate code. It provides:
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- 🌐 **Translations** (i18n) for all UI elements
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- 📐 **Layout definitions** for tables, columns, and components
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- 🎯 **Action namespaces** mapping UI actions to functions
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- 📝 **Form schemas** with validation rules
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- 🔌 **API endpoint** configurations
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- 🔐 **Permission** system for role-based access
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- 🔗 **Relationship** definitions between resources
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- 🌳 **Component trees** for declarative UI hierarchies
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- ⚙️ **Component props** with runtime validation
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## Quick Example
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Instead of writing this JSX:
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```jsx
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function UserListPage() {
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const [users, setUsers] = useState([]);
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return (
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<Box>
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<Typography variant="h4">Users</Typography>
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<Button
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variant="contained"
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startIcon={<AddIcon />}
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onClick={handleCreate}
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>
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Create New
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</Button>
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<DataGrid
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columns={[
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{ name: 'id', label: 'ID', width: 80 },
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{ name: 'name', label: 'Name', width: 200 },
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{ name: 'email', label: 'Email', width: 250 }
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]}
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rows={users}
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/>
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</Box>
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);
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}
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```
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You define this in JSON:
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```json
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{
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"componentTrees": {
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"UserListPage": {
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"component": "Box",
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"children": [
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{
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"component": "Typography",
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"props": { "variant": "h4", "text": "{{resourceName}}" }
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},
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{
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"component": "Button",
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"condition": "hasPermission('create')",
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"props": {
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"variant": "contained",
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"startIcon": "Add",
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"text": "Create New",
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"onClick": "handleCreate"
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}
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},
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{
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"component": "DataGrid",
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"dataSource": "tableData",
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"props": {
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"columns": "{{columns}}",
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"rows": "{{rows}}"
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}
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}
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]
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}
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}
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}
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```
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Then render it:
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```typescript
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import { getComponentTree } from '@/utils/featureConfig';
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const tree = getComponentTree('UserListPage');
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renderComponentTree(tree, data, handlers);
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```
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## What Can You Build?
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### ✅ Complete CRUD Interfaces
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Define tables, columns, forms, and actions in JSON:
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```json
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{
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"tableLayouts": {
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"users": {
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"columns": ["id", "name", "email"],
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"columnWidths": { "id": 80, "name": 200, "email": 250 }
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}
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},
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"formSchemas": {
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"users": {
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"fields": [
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{ "name": "name", "type": "text", "required": true },
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{ "name": "email", "type": "email", "required": true }
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]
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}
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}
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}
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```
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### ✅ Multilingual UIs
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Support multiple languages:
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```json
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{
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"translations": {
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"en": {
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"actions": { "create": "Create", "delete": "Delete" }
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},
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"fr": {
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"actions": { "create": "Créer", "delete": "Supprimer" }
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}
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}
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}
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```
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### ✅ Permission-Based Access
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Control who can do what:
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```json
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{
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"permissions": {
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"users": {
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"create": ["admin"],
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"read": ["admin", "user"],
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"update": ["admin"],
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"delete": ["admin"]
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}
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}
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}
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```
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```typescript
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if (hasPermission('users', 'delete', userRole)) {
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// Show delete button
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}
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```
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### ✅ Complete Page Layouts
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Define entire pages declaratively:
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```json
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{
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"componentTrees": {
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"AdminDashboard": {
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"component": "Box",
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"children": [
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{ "component": "Sidebar" },
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{ "component": "AppBar" },
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{ "component": "MainContent" }
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]
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}
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}
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}
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```
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### ✅ Validated Components
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Ensure components are used correctly:
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```json
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{
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"componentProps": {
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"Button": {
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"props": {
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"variant": {
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"type": "enum",
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"values": ["text", "outlined", "contained"],
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"default": "text"
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}
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}
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}
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}
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}
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```
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```typescript
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// Automatic validation
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validateComponentProps('Button', {
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variant: 'invalid' // ❌ Error caught!
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});
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```
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## Configuration Sections
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### 1. Translations
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Define UI text in multiple languages.
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**Functions:**
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- `getFeatureTranslation(id, locale)`
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- `getActionTranslation(action, locale)`
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- `getTableTranslation(table, locale)`
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- `getColumnTranslation(column, locale)`
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### 2. Actions
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Map UI actions to function names.
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**Functions:**
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- `getActionFunctionName(feature, action)`
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### 3. Table & Column Layouts
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Define how data is displayed.
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**Functions:**
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- `getTableLayout(table)`
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- `getColumnLayout(column)`
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### 4. Table & Column Features
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Enable/disable features per table/column.
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**Functions:**
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- `getTableFeatures(table)`
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- `getColumnFeatures(column)`
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### 5. Form Schemas
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Define forms declaratively.
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**Functions:**
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- `getFormSchema(table)`
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### 6. Validation Rules
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Define reusable validation patterns.
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**Functions:**
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- `getValidationRule(ruleName)`
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### 7. API Endpoints
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Configure REST API routes.
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**Functions:**
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- `getApiEndpoints(resource)`
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- `getApiEndpoint(resource, action)`
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### 8. Permissions
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Role-based access control.
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**Functions:**
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- `getPermissions(resource)`
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- `hasPermission(resource, action, role)`
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### 9. Relationships
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Define data relationships.
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**Functions:**
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- `getRelationships(table)`
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### 10. UI Views
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Configure view types for resources.
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**Functions:**
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- `getUiViews(resource)`
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- `getUiView(resource, view)`
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### 11. Component Trees
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Define UI hierarchies in JSON.
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**Functions:**
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- `getComponentTree(treeName)`
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- `getAllComponentTrees()`
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### 12. Component Props
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Define and validate component props.
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**Functions:**
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- `getComponentPropSchema(component)`
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- `validateComponentProps(component, props)`
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- `getComponentsByCategory(category)`
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### 13. Component Layouts
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Configure component display settings.
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**Functions:**
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- `getComponentLayout(component)`
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## Complete Example
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Generate a full CRUD interface from configuration:
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```typescript
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import {
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getTableLayout,
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getFormSchema,
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getApiEndpoints,
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getPermissions,
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getComponentTree,
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hasPermission,
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} from '@/utils/featureConfig';
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function generateCRUDPage(resourceName: string, userRole: string) {
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const layout = getTableLayout(resourceName);
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const form = getFormSchema(resourceName);
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const api = getApiEndpoints(resourceName);
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const permissions = getPermissions(resourceName);
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const tree = getComponentTree('ResourceListPage');
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return {
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// Table configuration
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columns: layout?.columns.map(col => ({
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name: col,
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width: layout.columnWidths[col],
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})),
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// Actions based on permissions
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actions: ['create', 'update', 'delete'].filter(action =>
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hasPermission(resourceName, action, userRole)
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),
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// Form fields
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formFields: form?.fields,
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// API endpoints
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endpoints: api,
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// UI tree
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componentTree: tree,
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};
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}
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// Generate complete page for users
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const userPage = generateCRUDPage('users', 'admin');
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```
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## Documentation
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Comprehensive guides are available:
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1. **[FEATURES_CONFIG_GUIDE.md](./FEATURES_CONFIG_GUIDE.md)** - Quick start and API reference
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2. **[BUILDING_WITH_CONFIG.md](./BUILDING_WITH_CONFIG.md)** - Building apps from configuration
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3. **[COMPONENT_TREES.md](./COMPONENT_TREES.md)** - Declarative UI hierarchies
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4. **[COMPONENT_PROPS.md](./COMPONENT_PROPS.md)** - Prop validation and type checking
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## Statistics
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- **~2000 lines** of configuration
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- **40+ helper functions**
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- **25+ TypeScript types**
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- **250+ test cases**
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- **21 component schemas**
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- **5 pre-built component trees**
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- **60+ pages** of documentation
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## Benefits
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### 🚀 Rapid Development
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Add features by updating JSON, not writing code.
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### 🎯 Consistency
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All features follow the same patterns.
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### 📚 Self-Documenting
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Configuration serves as documentation.
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### ✅ Type Safety
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Runtime validation without TypeScript overhead.
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### 🔧 Maintainable
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Central source of truth for all configuration.
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### 🌐 Internationalized
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Built-in translation support.
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### 🔐 Secure
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Centralized permission management.
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### 🧪 Testable
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Easy to test configuration vs. hardcoded logic.
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### 🎨 Flexible
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Override defaults when needed.
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### 📈 Scalable
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Add resources without boilerplate.
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## Real-World Use Cases
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### 1. Admin Panels
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Generate complete admin interfaces from database schema.
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### 2. CRUD Applications
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Build data management apps declaratively.
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### 3. Dashboards
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Create dashboards with widgets defined in JSON.
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### 4. Forms
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Generate complex forms with validation.
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### 5. Permissions
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Implement role-based access control.
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### 6. Multi-Tenant Apps
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Configure different UIs per tenant.
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### 7. API Clients
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Auto-generate API calls from endpoints.
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### 8. Documentation
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Generate component docs from schemas.
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### 9. Prototyping
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Quickly build prototypes without code.
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### 10. A/B Testing
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Swap UI configurations for testing.
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## Best Practices
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1. **Start with core resources** - Define tables, columns, forms
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2. **Add translations early** - Easier than retrofitting
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3. **Use validation** - Validate props before rendering
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4. **Document everything** - Add descriptions to schemas
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5. **Test configurations** - Unit test helper functions
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6. **Version control** - Track config changes
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7. **Keep trees shallow** - Avoid deep nesting
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8. **Reuse patterns** - Extract common structures
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9. **Validate on save** - Check JSON validity
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10. **Generate types** - Create TypeScript types from config
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## Getting Started
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1. **Explore the config:**
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```typescript
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import { getFeatures, getNavItems } from '@/utils/featureConfig';
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const features = getFeatures();
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const navItems = getNavItems();
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```
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2. **Add a new resource:**
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```json
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{
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"tableLayouts": {
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"products": {
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"columns": ["id", "name", "price"]
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}
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}
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}
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```
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3. **Generate a form:**
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```typescript
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const schema = getFormSchema('products');
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// Use schema to render form
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```
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4. **Check permissions:**
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```typescript
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if (hasPermission('products', 'create', userRole)) {
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// Show create button
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}
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```
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5. **Render a component tree:**
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```typescript
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const tree = getComponentTree('ResourceListPage');
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renderComponentTree(tree, data, handlers);
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```
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## Conclusion
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With a comprehensive features.json, you can:
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✅ Build half your app (or more!) from configuration
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✅ Generate UIs declaratively
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✅ Validate components at runtime
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✅ Support multiple languages
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✅ Implement permissions
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✅ Create forms without code
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✅ Define entire page layouts
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✅ Maintain consistency
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✅ Improve developer experience
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✅ Scale rapidly
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**The future is declarative. The future is features.json.**
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---
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For detailed documentation, see the guides in the `/docs` folder.
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