2023-01-05 Aries-vcx community call

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• Free discussion 

• Overview of recent work done
  • Removal of PublicAgent API https://github.com/hyperledger/aries-vcx/pull/715
  • Minor refactoring PRs
• Check on work in progress
  • NodeJS: napi-rs based bindings for NodeJS wrapper https://github.com/hyperledger/aries-vcx/pull/665
  • Expanded support for (non-mediated) Connection (https://github.com/hyperledger/aries-vcx/pull/717, https://github.com/hyperledger/aries-vcx/pull/718)
  • Verifier using credx https://github.com/hyperledger/aries-vcx/pull/708

• 2022 review and current state
  • Modularization & decoupling
    • DDO, Messages
    • libvcx split to api_c, api_vcx
    • Vcxagency mediator becoming optional
  • Simplifications and refactoring
  • Increased community focus
    • community calls
    • new contributors
  • Testing improvements
  • AATH integration
  • NodeJS Wrapper
• 2023 outlook
  • crateification! (https://github.com/hyperledger/aries-vcx/issues/712)
    • drive APIs and documentation quality
  • DDO resolver  (https://github.com/hyperledger/aries-vcx/issues/706)
    • think about ledger agnosticity, at least in terms of didcomm
  • Migrating to modular credex libs (https://github.com/hyperledger/aries-vcx/issues/699)
    
    • Credex libraries on issuer+verifier
    • Enable migration of vdr-tools issuer -→ credex issuer 
    • Add support for Aries Askar wallet
  • Continue improving code quality
    • More traits, more typing
    • Faster test execution - parallelization, independence of tests, remove usage of msg mediator
    • Explore use of mocking libraries
  • Further increase community engagement
    • Improve documentation
    • Lower barriers getting started with aries-vcx
    • Aries-vcx based project examples
  • Enhance aries protocols support
  • Dicomm 2.0 exploration

•  Discussion

Parked work:

• AriesVCX-CLI POC https://github.com/hyperledger/aries-vcx/pull/692

Task backlog: 

• • Implement DDO resolver https://github.com/hyperledger/aries-vcx/issues/706
  • Decoupling: Extract protocols  crate https://github.com/hyperledger/aries-vcx/issues/698
  • Refactoring: Unify state machine interface approach https://github.com/hyperledger/aries-vcx/issues/696
  • Eliminate usage of PublicAgent https://github.com/hyperledger/aries-vcx/issues/679
  • Optimize codecov approach in CI  https://github.com/hyperledger/aries-vcx/issues/677
  • Split libvcx in 2 crates (no breaking changes for existing wrappers) 
  • Enable OOB tests in AATH https://github.com/hyperledger/aries-vcx/issues/678
  • Eliminate usage of MediatedConnection in tests
  • DDO as first class citizen
  • Add more typing across codebase
  • New protocols: DidExchange protocol, Presentation Protocol 2.0, Issuance Protocol 2.0

Current architecture diagrams

1.1.2023 LibVCX:

1.1.2023 Aries-vcx

Comparison - Old Q3 2021 diagram