On building modular, extendable and scalable U&I — UI intended for all developers, like you and I.
Copyright © 2017 Farhad Ghayour
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Frontend development has undergone a major transformation with modern frontend technologies, such as React, Angular, Vue, and so forth. This is largely due to the wide adoption of component-based architecture provided by these wildly successful technologies.
You can find many books covering how to use these different technologies, however, they are either heavily tied to the technology or do not take into account real world scenarios. This book aims to not only guide readers from the foundational building blocks of creating well architected interfaces but also provide an exhaustive list of different philosophies for creating modular, extendable and scalable U&I — UI intended for all developers, like you and I.
Even though the concepts in this book are taught via React, all of the concepts are transferrable to other frontend technologies.
Explains a brief history of web development and the rise of component-based architecture.
Provides an in depth view of U&I and the criteria for building them.
Outlines some of the base technologies we'll be using and then walks us through setting up a boilerplate codebase.
Guides us through building the foundation for our application.
Covers some best practices and guides us on refactoring our application with some important best practices.
Explains CSS preprocessors and guides us on how to refactor our interface to be able to leverage the power of Sass.
Introduces CSS modules and guides us on refactoring our interface using CSS modules.
Takes us on a journey through inline styles and guides us on refactoring our application using this dated philosophy in a modern setting.
Introduces an entirely new perspective of looking at interactive interfaces and guides us bringing our application to life with real time capabilities.
Guides us on how we can build, document and showcase our components in an isolated environment.
Compares and contrasts the the various methodologies covered throughout this book with a glimpse into the future of UI development.
This book is ideal for developers who are familiar with React and are looking for a comprehensive guide for building modular, extendable and scalable UI interfaces. Even though this book is intended for intermediate to advanced React developers, anyone new to React can easily follow along given the progressive format of this book where each chapter builds on the chapters before.
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