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about the technology

Frontend web frameworks like React, Vue, or Svelte are an essential part of almost any web application stack. They’re responsible for what your users see on their screens, and they are the first step in ensuring that your product delivers an exceptional user experience. In this step-by-step guide, expert full-stack web developer Angel Sola Orbaiceta shares a big secret: understanding how these tools work under the hood will make you a better web developer.

about the book

In Build a Frontend Web Framework (From Scratch), you’ll create a complete frontend framework and share it with the world as an NPM package. You’ll start by writing a to-do list application in pure JavaScript to expose the pain points a frontend framework solves. Then, just three chapters later, you’ll have a basic working framework, built from scratch!

From there, you’ll iterate and add new features, implement a pipeline that transforms HTML templates into JavaScript render functions, add reconciliation algorithms, develop a SPA router that changes the content of the page without reloading, and more. All concepts are broken down into easy-to-digest chunks and explained with engaging graphics. By the time you’re done reading and coding, you’ll have a framework you can both use in your own projects and share with the world!

about the reader

For web developers familiar with JavaScript and NodeJS.

about the author

Angel Sola Orbaiceta is a senior engineer at Glovo. He has worked in the software industry for over a decade creating software for the cloud, OSX, and Windows desktop applications.