Building
large client-side
JavaScript
applications
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Michiel Overeem
Lead Software Architect / Developer
m.overeem@afas.nl
@michielovereem
linkedin.com/in/movereem
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not in production
and
not complete
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"The key is to acknowledge from the start
that you have no idea how this will grow."
- Nicholas Zakas
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Do it yourself?
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Does it fit?
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Can we trust this?
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What if we’re stuck?
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Ideas over frameworks
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"The secret to building
large apps is never build
large apps. Break your
applications into small
pieces. Then, assemble
those testable, bite-sized
pieces into your big
application"
- Justin Meyer, author
JavaScriptMVC
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Initializes a module, translates
events from the view to
actions on the model
Maintains state, and
communicates with the
backend for data
Presents state and
communicates with the DOM
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It is that easy
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Pollution
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They need
some privacy
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dev.afas.nl
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Don’t fear choice, slowly grow code
Choose principles, not frameworks
Choose frameworks that match principles