Introduction to our Sample App

In the previous chapters, we were able to dive into the basic components of our FARM stack, but web development is much more than a basic sum of its components. Full-stack web development often consists of a constant back and forth between the frontend and the backend, and their seamless communication is the key to any functional and efficient web app. In this chapter, we are going to build something a bit more realistic, while remaining on topic – a car selling application – but adhering to a slightly more complex specification. As in the previous chapters, I do not plan to propose optimized or clever solutions, but rather simple, illustrative code whose main purpose is to highlight the topic at hand. Roughly speaking, the specification is the following:

• The app should accommodate external users who do not need to be logged in to see the cars and internal users – admins and salespersons, who are able to perform CRUD operations...