building out UI a ton more and also working on serialization and deserial for the desktop app

desktop_app/ui/app.py

@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 from textual.app import App
 from ui.screens.pair_screen import PairScreen
 from api.node import MeshNode
+from api.channel import Channel
 
 
 class mesh(App):
@@ -9,6 +10,9 @@ class mesh(App):
     def __init__(self, driver_class = None, css_path = None, watch_css = False, ansi_color = False):
         super().__init__(driver_class, css_path, watch_css, ansi_color)
         self.mesh_node: MeshNode = None
+        # key = channel name
+        # value = channel
+        self.channels: dict[str, Channel]
     
     def on_ready(self):
         self.push_screen(PairScreen())