The document discusses strategies for developing modern web applications. It recommends developing apps using a modular approach that decouples components into services that communicate over REST APIs. This allows front-end code like JavaScript apps to interface with back-end services like Rails or Django through a consistent JSON interface. It also emphasizes testing strategies like test-driven development, behavior-driven development, and continuous integration to deploy apps with confidence.

1. Modern webapps
Creating apps for the future

2. howdy
Dimitris Tsironis
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Front-End Engineer at Splunk (ex-BugSense)
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Founder at Geembo
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Geek by default

3. A long time ago...

4. ...in a galaxy
far, far aaway

5. Long story short...

6. JS library mayhem

7. JS library mayhem

8. Today

12. DEVELOPING complex APPS
Sanity in the Land of Web Development

13. Web 2.0
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Web-sites becoming web-apps
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Interactivity
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Responsiveness
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Two-way communication
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Server-to-Client
Client-to-Server
Javascript is starting to take over the world

14. production-ready
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Agile development
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Software’s a living organism
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Change often / change fast
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Refactor
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Continuous integration testing
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Use many ready-to-use solutions

16. LEGO BRICKS
...

17. DECOUPling
Modularize, decouple
& structure your codebase

18. CLOUD oF SERVICES
Module
#2
Module
#1
Module
#3
Module
#4

19. basic setup
Back-end
Services
Ruby on Rails,
Django
REST API
( JSON )
Front-end
Services
JS apps,
mobile apps

20. testinG
Deploying with no regrets

21. WRItiNG while testing
Writing
Specs
Writing
Code
Improve
Code

22. WRItiNG while testing
RED
GREEN
REFACTOR

23. testing YOUR CODE
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Multiple Scenarios
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Behavior-driven testing
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Unit testing

24. testing strategies
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TDD (Test Driven Development
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BDD (Behavior Driven Development)
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Unit testing

25. GO on, build stuff
Prepare your keyboards

26. wake up with a thought...

27. ...sleep with a product

28. thank you!
@tsironakos
github.com/tsironis - twitter.com/tsironakos