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Bastian Hofmann
April 26, 2014
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Structuring a large code base with re-usable components @BastianHofmann
Let's talk about...
Web Application architecture
Handling large code-bases
Code and component re-use
Rapid Development
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A few words about me
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Questions? Ask
http://speakerdeck.com/u/bastianhofmann
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webserver loadbalancer pgsql memcached mongodb services
webserver
status quo
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PHP
MVC
PHP templates
Duplication and only some Code re- use
We can do better
Components
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Self contained
Can be addressed and rendered separately
Server JS Browser JSON HTML HTML
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PHP controller is part of the component
JS is part of the component
CSS can be part of the component
Share code between server and client
Templates, Validation, Entities,...
It needs to be fast
PHP Controller Mustache Template JavaScript view class Widget Providing data
Handling browser events Displaying data CSS
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Profile Publications Publication Publication Publication AboutMe LeftColumn Image Menu Server
Request Response Institution
LeftColumn Image Menu Server Request Response
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Widget Requirement
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Remember: self contained
Do not fetch data directly
Sssssssllllooooowww
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Account Account Account Account Publication1 Publication2 Publication3 Institution
Require stuff
http://www.infoq.com/presentations/Evolution-of-Code- Design-at-Facebook/
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Widget Widget Widget Widget Preparer Resolver Resolver Services Connector Interfaces
Connector Implementations
Widget Widget Widget Widget Preparer Fetch Requirements Resolver Resolver Services
Connector Interfaces Connector Implementations
Widget Widget Widget Widget Preparer Resolver Resolver Services Connector Interfaces
Connector Implementations Batch requirements and pass them to resolvers
Widget Widget Widget Widget Preparer Resolver Resolver Services Connector Interfaces
Connector Implementations Call Services as effective as possible (Multi-GET,...)
Widget Widget Widget Widget Preparer Resolver Resolver Services Connector Interfaces
Connector Implementations Attach fetched data to Requirements and pass them back to the preparer
Widget Widget Widget Widget Preparer Resolver Resolver Services Connector Interfaces
Connector Implementations Distribute fetched data to the widgets that required it
public function collect() { return [ new EntityRequirement( 'account', Account::class,
['id' => $this->request->get('id')] ), ]; }
Request Cache
Multi-GET
Futures
Data dependencies within a widget
=> Callbacks
public function collect() { yield [ new EntityRequirement( 'account', Account::class,
['id' => $this->request->get('id')] ), ]; yield [ new ServiceRequirement( 'scienceDisciplines', AccountService::class, 'getScienceDisciplines', ['account' => $this->account] ) ]; }
Data dependencies between Widgets
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Prefills
class PublicationKeywordSearch { public $publications; public $publicationListItems = [];
public function collect() { yield [ serviceRequirement( 'publications', PublicationService::getCall()->getByKeywords( ['virology', 'cancer'], 10, 0 ) ) ]; foreach ($this->publications as $publication) { yield new WidgetRequirement( 'publicationListItems', PublicationItem::CLASS, [ 'publicationId' => $publication->getId(), 'publication' => $publication ] ); } }
class PublicationItem { public $publicationId; public $publication; public
function collect() { yield new RequestDataRequirement('publicationId'); yield [ new EntityRequirement( 'publication', Publication::class, ['id' => $this->publicationId] ) ]; } }
Whoa, this looks awfully complicated to debug
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So that was the backend
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Rendering
HTML
JSON
Templates
Mustache } http://mustache.github.com/
<div id="{{widgetId}}"> <h3> Publications <a href="javascript:" class="js-showAll"> ({{count}}) </a>
</h3> <ul> {{#publicationItems}} <li>{{{.}}}</li> {{/publicationItems}} </ul> {{#showLegalFooter}} {{{legalFooter}}} {{/showLegalFooter}} </div>
http://pecl.php.net/package/v8js V8js
JavaScript
WidgetViews
<div id="{{widgetId}}"> <h3> Publications <a href="javascript:" class="js-showAll"> ({{count}}) </a>
</h3> <ul> {{#publicationItems}} <li>{{{.}}}</li> {{/publicationItems}} </ul> {{#showLegalFooter}} {{{legalFooter}}} {{/showLegalFooter}} </div>
YUI.add('views.publicationList', function (Y) { Y.views.publicationList = Y.Base.create(Y.WidgetView, { events :
{ '.js-showALl' : { click : 'showALl' } }, showAll : function () { var node = this.get('container'); node.addClass('loading'); Y.loadWidget(‚/publications/all', { keywords : this.data.keywords }, function (widget) { widget.render({ replace : node }); }); } }); });
http://twitter.github.io/flight/
http://facebook.github.io/react/
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fqULJBBEVQE
http://www.polymer-project.org/
<polymer-element name="tk-element" attributes="owner color"> <template> <span>This is <strong>{{owner}}</strong>'s tk-element.</span> <span
id="el" style="color: {{color}}">Not ready...</span> </template> <script> Polymer('tk-element', { owner: "Bastian", color: "red", ready: function() { this.$.el.innerText = this.owner + " is ready!"; } }); </script> </polymer-element>
<!DOCTYPE html> <html> <head> <script src="bower_components/platform/platform.js"> </script> <link rel="import" href="elements/tk-element.html">
</head> <body> <tk-element color="blue"></tk-element> </body> </html>
Benefits
Enables developers to only focus on their components
Rapid prototyping
Easier Refactoring
Error Handling
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Institution
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Experiments (A/B Testing)
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Caching of Components
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src="..." /> Institution
Easy re-using of components
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Load components asynchronously
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id="placeholder"></div> <script>loadWidget('/aboutMe', function(w) { w.render({ replace : '#placeholder' }); })</script> Institution
BigPipe https://www.facebook.com/note.php? note_id=389414033919
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pushState
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Conclusion?
Think about your architecture
Refactor and make it better continuously
Frontend and backend are part of the same application
Don't rewrite your whole codebase in one go
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