StegJS 3.0.0

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StegJS Migration from TypeScript to Rust

📅 Phase 1: Planning & Setup

• Assess the existing TypeScript codebase

  • Identify core components, modules, and functionality in the StegJS codebase.
  • Determine which TypeScript features need equivalent Rust implementation.

• Set up Rust development environment

  • Install Rust toolchain (rustup, cargo).
  • Set up code editor/IDE for Rust (e.g., VSCode with Rust Analyzer).

• Learn Rust basics

  • Understand Rust's memory management, borrowing, and ownership concepts.
  • Learn Rust data types, control structures, and error handling.

• Select libraries & dependencies

  • Evaluate and choose Rust crates (libraries) for tasks such as image processing, encoding, and steganography.
  • Consider using crates like image, stego, or png for steganographic and image handling functionalities.

📅 Phase 2: Core Implementation

• Migrate image handling logic

  • Implement or integrate Rust libraries to replace TypeScript image processing methods.
  • Replace any TypeScript dependencies with Rust crates.

• Migrate steganography algorithms

  • Port the core steganography logic from TypeScript to Rust.
  • Write unit tests for each steganography function.

• Error handling & safety

  • Ensure proper use of Rust's error handling (Result and Option types).
  • Utilize Rust's safety features for handling external inputs (like image files).

📅 Phase 3: Optimization & Performance

• Profile & optimize Rust code

  • Benchmark the Rust code and compare it with the original TypeScript performance.
  • Optimize critical sections for speed and memory usage, using Rust's low-level capabilities.

• Handle concurrency (if needed)

  • If the original code utilized async processing, implement concurrency with Rust's async/await or multi-threading.

📅 Phase 4: Testing & Documentation

• Write integration tests

  • Ensure end-to-end functionality is tested with real-world steganography use cases.
  • Compare the output of the Rust implementation with the original TypeScript version to ensure accuracy.

• Document the Rust API

  • Write documentation for public APIs in Rust.
  • Include migration guides for existing StegJS users to move from the TypeScript version to Rust.

📅 Phase 5: Release & Maintenance

• Prepare for release

  • Set up CI/CD pipeline for automated testing and deployment of the Rust library.
  • Ensure compatibility across different platforms (Windows, macOS, Linux).

• Release version 1.0 in Rust

  • Publish the new Rust-based StegJS library on crates.io.
  • Provide a guide for integrating the Rust library with TypeScript or JavaScript projects (via WebAssembly if required).

• Ongoing maintenance and support

  • Address any issues that arise after release.
  • Continue to optimize the library based on user feedback.