Building Isomorphic JavaScript Apps: From Concept to Implementation to Real-World Solutions

Jason Strimpel · Maxime Najim

Sep 2016 · "O'Reilly Media, Inc."

About this ebook

Isomorphic JavaScript, often described as the holy grail of web application development, refers to running JavaScript code on both the browser client and web application server. This application architecture has become increasingly popular for the benefits of SEO, optimized page load and full control of the UI, and isomorphic libraries are being used at companies like Walmart, Airbnb, Facebook, and Netflix.

With this practical book, authors Jason Strimpel and Maxime Najim provide the knowledge you need to build and maintain your own isomorphic JavaScript apps.

This book includes:

• Part 1 identifies different classifications of isomorphic JavaScript apps, and shows you how to set up a development environment
• Part 2 takes you from theory to practice by showing you how to build out your own isomorphic app
• Part 3 takes you through existing solutions in the market today, providing you with the knowledge you need to bring isomorphic solutions into your development workflow

About the author

Jason Strimpel is a Staff Software Engineer on the platform team at WalmartLabs who specializes in the UI layer. Jason has been building web applications for the past 12 years. Approximately 3 years ago Jason began specializing in the front-end, in particular JavaScript. Since then Jason has worked with several component libraries and frameworks. However, Jason found limitations to these libraries when presented with uniquely challenging UI requirements, so he began developing his own custom components and catalog of helpers. He is an extremely passionate developer with a very bad sense of humor who loves simplifying the complexities that arise when building rich UIs.

Maxime Najim is a Software Architect at Walmart Labs. Prior to joining Walmart, Maxime has worked on software engineering teams at Netflix, Apple, and Yahoo!