Navigating front-end architecture like a Neopian
summary
Evaluations at Indiegogo lead to a production SSR that mimics NextJS, with CDN caching and a cached JS refreshed by hit-based algorithm to avoid stale pages; a month-long spike compares Angular, Elm, React and Vue and ends with Vue tied with Elm but chosen for developer happiness. An open-source project if-me.org migrates jQuery to React using React on Rails and Storybook to build an accessible component library. Work at Headspace builds an MVP in React, and current platform work at Mailchimp is migrating Dojo to React.
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chapters (10)
- 0:00Start
- 5:16Started as a Generalist
- 5:55Become a Specialist
- 10:22Improving Performance
- 12:30Similarities with Accessibility
- 18:41Spike Process
- 27:03Documenting a Migration
- 32:56Building a Single Page App
- 34:36Documentation Engine
- 37:18Key Takeaways
