Understanding scalable front-end applications
Modern web applications are constantly getting bigger and more complex. Because of this, developing scalable front-end applications is more critical than ever. To create scalable front-end applications, we need to understand what scalability means in the context of a front-end application.
What is scalability?
The first thing that might come to mind when you hear the term scalability is handling more traffic. However, in the context of front-end applications, when talking about scalability, we mostly mean the scalability of the code base. Or, more concisely, the code is easy to extend, and modules or micro front-ends can be added to the software without much work. Components and libraries are reusable; the code is easy to maintain, test, and debug, even when the application grows. You can work with different teams on separate parts of the application, and onboarding new teams that write similar code is easy to achieve and enforce...
