Front End Web Development Guide: Web and Mobile

Javier Ramos
11 min readJan 9, 2019

This is a quick summary of all different options and choices you have for front end development including web and mobile applications for any platform.

Introduction

JavaScript is eating the world. As Baas and server-less grow in popularity, front end development becomes the key customer enabler for organizations. 2019 is the year where most of the innovation and development will occur on the client side. However, there is a wide range of frameworks and solutions to choose from; and lots of things to consider. Making the right choice for your organization is crucial for the success of your enterprise. This guide will help you make that decision. Each section will focus on one consideration and the conclusion will provide a quick summary. I assume you have already good knowledge on web development with JavaScript, check my articles for more details.

JavaScript Ecosystem

SPAs vs. MPAs

A single-page application (SPA) is a website that re-renders its content in response to navigation actions (e.g. clicking a link) without making a request to the server to fetch new HTML. On the other hand, a Multi Page Application (MPA) is a traditional website where the client clicks on a link to navigate and the server renders and return a new page.

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Javier Ramos
Javier Ramos

Written by Javier Ramos

Certified Java Architect/AWS/GCP/Azure/K8s: Microservices/Docker/Kubernetes, AWS/Serverless/BigData, Kafka/Akka/Spark/AI, JS/React/Angular/PWA @JavierRamosRod

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