Taming huge Angular applications at bol.com

At the backoffice of bol.com, fifteen autonomous development teams are working together to build and maintain huge Angular applications. Knowing that every team gets the best out of themselves through a large degree of autonomy, we decided not to force anyone to choose for a particular framework or development paradigms, which introduces lots of different challenges. One of them is maintaining consistency. In order to keep everything sane, we choose for a different approach: Building a framework independent Design System with Web Components.

This talk:
* Provides an overview of the enterprise application landscape and organization of teams at the backoffice of bol.com
* Covers the daily challenges faced by teams in extremely dynamic, enterprise environments
* Covers the pros and cons of using Angular
* Covers what a Design System is and how it helps solving those challenges

Transcript

1. @stefannhs
   Taming huge enterprise applications
   with Mono repos, Design Systems &
   Web Components
   Stefan nieuwenhuis
   

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2. @stefannhs
   Taming huge enterprise applications with Mono repos, Design Systems & Web Components
   Software Engineer
   Archaeology
   Waterpolo
   Stefan Nieuwenhuis
   Skydiving
   Books
   Developer Avocado
   

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3. @stefannhs
   1999 - bol.com launch
   > 2000 - new categories
   2011 - retail platform
   2013 - €1 bln. turnover
   

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4. @stefannhs
   Monolith Architecture
   Server side app
   User Interface
   Database
   

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5. @stefannhs
   Performance
   Less cross cutting concerns
   Planning & Design
   Less operational overhead
   Security
   

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6. @stefannhs
   Performance
   Less cross cutting concerns
   Planning & Design
   Less operational overhead
   Security
   

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7. @stefannhs
   Microservices
   

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   Transparency
   Independency
   Scalability
   

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   Transparency
   Independency
   Scalability
   Consistency
   

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10. @stefannhs
    Design System
    

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11. @stefannhs
    Pattern Library
    

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12. @stefannhs
    // Corporate colors
    $palette-blue-main: rgb(051,102,204) !default;
    $palette-blue-dark: rgb(014,052,144) !default;
    $palette-blue-light: rgb(058,125,231) !default;
    $palette-blue-hover: rgb(245,247,252) !default;
    // Secondary colors
    $palette-red-main: rgb(248,087,105) !default;
    $palette-orange-main: rgb(251,120,093) !default;
    $palette-yellow-main: rgb(255,162,078) !default;
    $palette-lime-main: rgb(150,210,113) !default;
    $palette-green-main: rgb(051,204,131) !default;
    Style guide
    

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15. @stefannhs
    // Create an ES6 class which extends HTMLElement
    class AwesomeButtonComponent extends HTMLElement { … }
    // Register our awesome button component to the Custom Elements Registry
    customElements.define(‘my-awesome-button’, AwesomeButtonComponent);
    // Example usage in your app:
    
    Custom Elements API
    

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16. @stefannhs
    
    Click me
    
    HTML Templates API
    

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17. @stefannhs
    Shadow DOM
    

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18. @stefannhs
    // export class Animal
    export class Animal {
    constructor(name) {
    this.name = name;
    }
    greet() {
    return `Hello, my name is ${this.name}!`;
    }
    }
    ES Modules API
    // import class Animal
    import {Animal} from './lib-class-example.js';
    const animal = new Animal('Mr. Mittens');
    const name = animal.greet();
    // --> Hello, my name is Mr. Mittens!;
    

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19. @stefannhs
    Consistency
    No framework lock-in
    Flexible
    Interoperable
    Development speed
    Browser support
    

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20. @stefannhs
    My Awesome button
    This button is made possible w/ Web Components!
    Click me
    

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21. @stefannhs
    
    button {<br/>border: 2px solid red;<br/>border-radius: 5px;<br/>background: tomato;<br/>padding: 10px;<br/>color: white;<br/>font-weight: bold;<br/>text-transform: uppercase;<br/>cursor: pointer;<br/>}
    
    
    

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22. @stefannhs
    class MyButtonElement extends HTMLElement {
    constructor() {
    super();
    const template = document.getElementById('myButton');
    // Shadow DOM
    this.attachShadow({ mode: 'open' });
    this.shadowRoot.appendChild( template.content.cloneNode(true));
    }
    }
    

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23. @stefannhs
    class MyButtonElement extends HTMLElement {
    constructor() {
    super();
    const template = document.getElementById('myButton');
    // Shadow DOM
    this.attachShadow({ mode: 'open' });
    this.shadowRoot.appendChild( template.content.cloneNode(true));
    }
    }
    // Define Custom Element
    customElements.define('my-button', MyButtonElement);
    

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24. @stefannhs
    My Awesome button
    This button is made possible w/ Web Components!
    Click me
    

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25. @stefannhs
    Compatibility
    Easy API
    Performance
    Future-proof
    

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26. @stefannhs
    npm init stencil
    

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27. @stefannhs
    // Stencil controller
    import { Component, Prop } from '@stencil/core';
    @Component({
    tag: 'my-component',
    styleUrl: 'my-component.css',
    shadow: true
    })
    export class MyComponent {
    render() {
    return Hello world!;
    }
    }
    

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28. @stefannhs
    // Stencil controller
    import { Component, Prop } from '@stencil/core';
    @Component({
    tag: 'my-button',
    styleUrl: 'my-button.css',
    shadow: true
    })
    export class MyButtonElement {
    render() {
    return ;
    }
    }
    

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29. @stefannhs
    npm run build
    

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    ...
    
    
    
    My Awesome button
    This button is made possible w/ Web Components!
    Click me
    
    

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31. @stefannhs
    Extensive config
    Auto docs generation
    Bundling
    Dev Server
    Typed components
    Plugins
    Polyfills
    

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32. @stefannhs
    Mono Repository
    

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33. @stefannhs
    One single source of truth
    Reusability
    Versioning
    Scalable
    Experience
    

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35. @stefannhs
    {
    "name": "@awesome-components-lib/buttons",
    "version": "5.0.1",
    "description": "Button Component",
    ...
    }
    {
    "name": "@awesome-components-lib/footer",
    "version": "1.0.0",
    "description": "Footer Component",
    ...
    }
    Semantic Versioning
    No interdependencies
    Scoped packages
    

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37. @stefannhs
    Design System Holy Grail of Consistency
    

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38. @stefannhs
    Icons made by Freepik from
    www.flaticon.com is licensed by CC 3.0 BY
    DM’s are open!
    @stefannhs
    

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