Isomorphic Web Applications

SummaryIsomorphic 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.Purchase of the print book includes a free eBook in PDF, Kindle, and ePub formats from Manning Publications.About the TechnologyBuild 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 BookIsomorphic 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 InsideControlling browser and server user sessions Combining server-rendered and SPA architecturesBuilding best-practice React applicationsDebugging and testingAbout the ReaderTo benefit from this book, readers need to know JavaScript, HTML5, and a framework of their choice, including React and Angular.About the AuthorElyse 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.Table of ContentsPART 1 - FIRST STEPSIntroduction to isomorphic web application architectureA sample isomorphic appPART 2 - ISOMORPHIC APP BASICSReact overviewApplying ReactTools: webpack and BabelReduxPART 3 - ISOMORPHIC ARCHITECTUREBuilding the serverIsomorphic view renderingTesting and debuggingHandling server/browser differences 203Optimizing for productionPART 4 - APPLYING ISOMORPHIC ARCHITECTURE WITH OTHER TOOLSOther frameworks: implementing isomorphic without ReactWhere to go from here