Modern Frontend Engineering @ SpringOne2GX

Modern Frontend Engineering presented at SpringOne2GX 2015

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1. Unless otherwise indicated, these slides are © 2013-2015 Pivotal Software, Inc. and licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial license: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/ SPRINGONE2GX WASHINGTON, DC Modern Frontend Engineering By Dustin Whittle @dustinwhittle
2. The web has evolved tremendously in the last decade. In this talk we will dive into the latest tools and techniques that make for a modern foundation for frontend engineering. We will start with bootstrapping with Yeoman, move into managing dependencies with bower, and finally how to automate best practices with Grunt and Gulp. We will discuss the pros and cons of modern ui toolkits like Zurb, Bootstrap, and SemanticUI and modern javascript frameworks like React, Angular, and Ember. We will highlight the latest in css frameworks, javascript frameworks, and why you should choose the right toolset for complex app or a single page app. When you leave this session you will be prepared to launch a modern web application in 2015.
3. Dus$n Whi*le • dus$nwhi*le.com • @dus$nwhi*le • San Francisco, California, USA • AppDynamics, Kwarter, SensioLabs, Yahoo!, PHPFreaks • Technologist, Traveler, Pilot, Skier, Diver, Sailor, Golfer
4. Login Flight Status Search Flight Purchase Mobile Big data SOA NOSQL Cloud Agile Web Application complexity is exploding
5. You kids have it easy! Let me explain why…
6. Let’s start with bootstrapping (you no longer have to write boilerplate)
10. Automate your frontend workflows
13. npm install -g grunt-cli
16. npm install -g gulp
18. Grunt and Gulp make it easy to incorporate best practices and automate the tedious parts of web development.
20. I like Gulp because it is faster and simpler. Code over configuration!
22. npm install -g bower
23. bower init
24. { name: 'app', version: '0.0.0', authors: [ 'Dustin Whittle <dustin.whittle@gmail.com>' ], description: 'a demo app', main: ‘app.js', dependencies: { "jquery": "~2.x", } moduleType: [ 'es6' ], license: 'MIT', homepage: 'http://dustinwhittle.com/', ignore: [ '**/.*', 'node_modules', 'bower_components', 'test', 'tests' ] }
28. npm install -g yo
30. npm install -g yo bower grunt-cli gulp
31. npm install -g generator-webapp
32. yo webapp
36. Let's talk about frameworks
38. TodoMVC has been called many things including the 'Speed- dating' and 'Rosetta Stone' of MV* frameworks.
39. git clone https://github.com/tastejs/todomvc
65. It is not just web frameworks: standards, browser testing, email templates, server configs, analytics…
74. Performance Matters • Treat performance as a feature • Using the 14kb Rule for instant loading • Markup management • Eliminating excess AJAX calls • Working with and around application cache • Developing a responsive design + image strategy • Implementing a good touch-first strategy • Code management for good production and development experiences • Using task runners to build and deploy production code
77. npm install psi
79. The protocols are evolving • The limitations of HTTP/1.X forced us to develop various application workarounds (sharding, concatenation, spriting, inlining, etc.) to optimize performance. However, in the process we’ve also introduced numerous regressions: poor caching, unnecessary downloads, delayed execution, and more. • HTTP/2 eliminates the need for these hacks and allows us to both simplify our applications and deliver improved performance. • You should unshard, unconcat, and unsprite your assets • You should switch from inlining to server push • Read Ilya Grigorik awesome book on browser performance - http://hpbn.co/http2
80. webpagetest.org
82. Questions?
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84. http://www.appdynamics.com/
85. https://speakerdeck.com/addyosmani/automating-front-end-workflow
86. Unless otherwise indicated, these slides are © 2013-2015 Pivotal Software, Inc. and licensed under a
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