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Frontend Architecture - Building Applications That Scale 006

Kenuka Karunakaran

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From understanding the web to designing and engineering scalable software systems.

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1. Beyond Building Screens

Imagine our Task Management System initially has only one screen. We write everything in a single JavaScript file:

Displaying tasks

Adding new tasks

Updating task status

Calling backend APIs

Handling errors

Managing user interactions

It works initially. But as the application grows, maintaining everything in one place becomes difficult. This is where frontend architecture becomes important.

Frontend architecture is about organising an application’s components, responsibilities, data flow, and interactions so that the system remains understandable and maintainable.

2. Component-Based Architecture

Modern frontend applications are commonly built using reusable components.…