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Abstraction

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On the Spectrum of Abstraction Cheng Lou @ React Europe 2016

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Abstraction (powerful ↑)

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Product (useful) Abstraction (powerful ↑)

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Cost Product (useful) 1 2 3 2 3 Abstraction (powerful ↑)

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Cost Product (useful) 1 2 3 2 3 What level of abstraction do 
 we need to cover our product? Abstraction (powerful ↑)

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Cost Product (useful) 1 2 3 2 3 What level of abstraction do 
 we need to cover our product? Really Abstract. Abstraction (powerful ↑)

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Cost Product (useful) 1 2 3 2 3 What level of abstraction do 
 we need to cover our product? No Abstraction. Abstraction (powerful ↑)

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Cost Product (useful) 1 2 3 2 3 What level of abstraction do 
 we need to cover our product? Mid Abstraction. Abstraction (powerful ↑)

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Why wouldn’t you always want all the power?

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Why not write everything with 1’s and 0’s?

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Constraining provides properties Abstracting loses context

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Right. What does this mean?!

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Everything I just spewed is here.

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What would be more useful are these. Examples!

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Example #1: Kalo Invoices

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Example #1: Kalo Invoices :( Undesired product

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:( Example #1: Kalo Invoices

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Example #2: Documentation

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Example #2: Documentation

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Example #2: Documentation

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Example #3: DRY

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Example #3: DRY

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Example #3: DRY Cost

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Example #3: DRY Cost

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Example #4: The Frontend

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Example #4: The Frontend

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Example #4: The Frontend

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Example #5: PaaS / Dennis

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Example #5: PaaS / Dennis

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Example #5: PaaS / Dennis

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To conclude…

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Abstraction is a constant battle between cost, properties and product.

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Questions?