Building Scalable frontend Application
By Ajala Abdulsamii
Who am I?
Scalable Frontend App?
A lot of people will tell you frontend has little to do with scalability. This is almost correct, especially if you consider the fact that your static files will be rendered by a server and most operations will be done with the server.
In a scenario where your app is splitted and well structured, it does matters.
We shall be looking at a distinct approach that gives you (a frontend developer) the power to build a full blown app without necessarily having backend dev skills
JAM Stack
Javascript, API, Markup
“The JAMstack is not about specific technologies. It’s a new way of building websites and apps that delivers better performance, higher security, lower cost of scaling, and a better developer experience.”
Quick Question
What makes a scalable frontend web Application?
Let’s get our hands dirty
Let’s demonstrate these concepts with a blog
Yeah! A blog.
A lot of people visits blogs to read and absorb quality contents. It’s easy to build in an event like this and I’ll be able to buttress my points with it.
So let’s do this 💪
Codelab Setup
We’re set 🔥🚀
After running those commands, your Strapi Server and Nuxt Frontend Should look like these
Please follow along 👨🏽💻
What have we learnt?
About Strapi
From our Blog App
Conclusion