June 2018
Intermediate to advanced
320 pages
10h 11m
English
Overview
Isomorphic Web Applications teaches you to build production-quality web apps using isomorphic architecture. Designed for working developers, this book offers examples in relevant frameworks like React, Redux, Angular, Ember, and webpack.
About the Technology
Build secure web apps that perform beautifully with high, low, or no bandwidth. Isomorphic web apps employ a pattern that exploits the full stack, storing data locally and minimizing server hits. They render flawlessly, maximize SEO, and offer opportunities to share code and libraries between client and server.
About the Book
Isomorphic Web Applications teaches you to build production-quality web apps using isomorphic architecture. You'll learn to create and render views for both server and browser, optimize local storage, streamline server interactions, and handle data serialization. Designed for working developers, this book offers examples in relevant frameworks like React, Redux, Angular, Ember, and webpack. You'll also explore unique debugging and testing techniques and master specific SEO skills.
What's Inside
- Controlling browser and server user sessions
- Combining server-rendered and SPA architectures
- Building best-practice React applications
- Debugging and testing
About the Reader
To benefit from this book, readers need to know JavaScript, HTML5, and a framework of their choice, including React and Angular.
About the Author
Elyse Kolker Gordon runs the growth engineering team at Strava. Previously, she was director of web engineering at Vevo, where she regularly solved challenges with isomorphic apps.
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A practical guide to performant and modern JavaScript applications.
- Bojan Djurkovic, Cvent
Clear and powerful. If you need just one resource, this is it.
- Peter Perlepes, Growth
Thorough and methodical coverage for novice users, with handy insights and many ‘aha’ moments for advanced users. Highly recommended.
- Devang Paliwal, Synapse
An essential guide for anyone developing modern JavaScript applications.
- Mike Jensen, UrbanStems
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