SPA Design and Architecture: Understanding Single Page Web Applications - Softcover

Scott, Emmit

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9781617292439: SPA Design and Architecture: Understanding Single Page Web Applications
Softcover
ISBN 10: 1617292435 ISBN 13: 9781617292439
Publisher: Manning, 2015

Synopsis

Summary

SPA Design and Architecture teaches you the design and development skills you need to create SPAs. Includes an overview of MV* frameworks, unit testing, routing, layout management, data access, pub/sub, and client-side task automation. This book is full of easy-to-follow examples you can apply to the library or framework of your choice.

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About the Technology

The next step in the development of web-based software, single-page web applications deliver the sleekness and fluidity of a native desktop application in a browser. If you're ready to make the leap from traditional web applications to SPAs, but don't know where to begin, this book will get you going.

About the Book

SPA Design and Architecture teaches you the design and development skills you need to create SPAs. You'll start with an introduction to the SPA model and see how it builds on the standard approach using linked pages. The author guides you through the practical issues of building an SPA, including an overview of MV* frameworks, unit testing, routing, layout management, data access, pub/sub, and client-side task automation. This book is full of easy-to-follow examples you can apply to the library or framework of your choice.

What's Inside

  • Working with modular JavaScript
  • Understanding MV* frameworks
  • Layout management
  • Client-side task automation
  • Testing SPAs

    • About the Reader

    This book assumes you are a web developer and know JavaScript basics.

    About the Author

    Emmit Scott is a senior software engineer and architect with experience building large-scale, web-based applications.

    Table of Contents
      PART 1 THE BASICS
    1. What is a single-page application?
    2. The role of MV* frameworks
    3. Modular JavaScript
      4. PART 2 CORE CONCEPTS
    4. Navigating the single page
    5. View composition and layout
    6. Inter-module interaction
    7. Communicating with the server
    8. Unit testing
    9. Client-side task automation
      10. APPENDIXES
    1. Employee directory example walk-through
    2. Review of the XMLHttpRequest API
    3. Chapter 7 server-side setup and summary
    4. Installing Node.js and Gulp.js

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    About the Author

    Emmit Scott is a senior software engineer and architect with extensive experience building large-scale, web-based applications for education, banking, and telecommunications.

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    Publisher
    Manning
    Publication date
    2015
    Language
    English
    ISBN 10 
    1617292435
    ISBN 13 
    9781617292439
    Binding
    Paperback
    Edition number
    1
    Number of pages
    275
    Rating
    • 4.12 out of 5 stars
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