© Ryan Lanciaux 2021
R. LanciauxModern Front-end Architecturehttps://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4842-6625-0_1

1. The Mise en Place Philosophy

Ryan Lanciaux1  
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Ann Arbor, MI, USA
 

There is nothing quite like the feeling of creating something that didn’t exist before.

Whenever someone unfamiliar with coding asks me about why I am interested in software development, I like to talk about my love for creating things. While writing code, you can create your own worlds and build things that didn’t exist previously.

The questioner may gloss over this response and see coding as an exercise in tedious algorithms, equations, and syntax. To those who write code and enjoy it, however, I would argue that this is a relatable mindset.

As opposed to software, many industries ...

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