Event Details:

In the conference Gil Fink will have a session about the characteristics of a successful SPA and a workshop about building scalable JavaScript apps:

The characteristics of a successful SPA

Single-page applications (SPAs) are web applications that are built using a single page, which acts as a shell to all the other web pages, with a rich JavaScript front-end. As opposed to traditional web applications, most of the SPA development is done on the front-end. The server, which once acted as a rendering engine, provides only a service layer to the SPA. In this session, Gil will explain the characteristics and building blocks that form the foundation of any successful SPA.

Building scalable JavaScript apps

Building and maintaining large and scalable JavaScript web apps isn’t easy. So how do you build your front-end-oriented applications without being driven to madness? Using and combining proven JavaScript patterns will do the trick. In this workshop, Gil will discuss the patterns behind some of the largest JavaScript apps, such as Gmail and Twitter, and we’ll explore how to apply them in your own apps. We’ll start from object patterns and discuss how to write more object-oriented-like code in JavaScript. Then, we will focus on module patterns and asynchronous module definitions (AMD). We will also discuss patterns such as promises, timers and mediator. At the end of the day, we will combine the patterns and see how to use them to build your next scalable JavaScript web app.