Elyse Gordon

ELYSE KOLKER GORDON is an engineering leader who builds effective client apps in consumer spaces such as sports and music. She is passionate about developing engineers, building cohesive teams, and creating great consumer apps. Currently, she runs the growth engineering team at Strava. Previously, she was the director of web engineering at Vevo, where she regularly solved challenges with isomorphic apps. She speaks and writes regularly about web development topics. She is also an avid musician who plays the drums and dabbles with other instruments. When she isn’t at work, you can find her hanging out with her husband and dog, either at home or at the beach.

books by Elyse Gordon

Exploring JavaScript Testing
  • September 2019
  • ISBN 9781617297670
  • 125 pages

Exploring JavaScript Testing is a collection of chapters from four excellent Manning books chosen by industry leader Elyse Kolker Gordon. In it, you’ll discover guidelines for applying unit testing fundamentals to JavaScript components, and you’ll gain firsthand experience testing browsers. You’ll also explore several strategies for creating and implementing unit tests and end-to-end tests.

After you’ve stepped through the basics, you’ll try out what you’ve learned with a multi-component React application. To wrap up, you’ll delve into testing isomorphic apps that can run on the server, in the browser, or both, and take a look at troubleshooting and debugging. When you’re finished, you’ll have a firm grasp on basic testing principles, techniques, and tools that make for reliable, user-friendly apps and happy users!

Isomorphic Web Applications
  • May 2018
  • ISBN 9781617294396
  • 320 pages
Included with a Manning Online subscription
  • printed in black & white
catalog / Software Development / Web / Cross-platform Development / Isomorphic web applications

Isomorphic Web Applications teaches you to build production-quality web apps using isomorphic architecture. You'll learn to create and render views for both server and browser, optimize local storage, streamline server interactions, and handle data serialization. Designed for working developers, this book offers examples in relevant frameworks like React, Redux, Angular, Ember, and webpack. You'll also explore unique debugging and testing techniques and master specific SEO skills.