Preface

Many of the projects I’ve worked on have been long-running efforts taking a year or more to build. Then, of course, there were updates and additional phases to complete after that. Because these types of projects take so long, technology grows by leaps and bounds in the meantime. By the time I was ready to start the next project, I’d have to reevaluate my tech stack because things had changed so much.

It was when my team and I were gearing up for our most recent single-page application project that I had the idea to write this book. My director had given us the green light to research the “best of breed” for the technologies we wanted to use. So we began evaluating various solutions and creating small proof-of-concept applications.

While going through this process again, I was reminded of the difficulties in sifting through the sheer volume of information available to us these days. It also occurred to me how daunting this must be for those new to creating single-page applications.

So I set out to write a book that would not only summarize what’s involved in building an SPA but also give a nice introduction to some of the libraries and frameworks used to create them. Additionally, I wanted the book to be straightforward and easy to digest, yet give enough technical details so that you can actually build an SPA when you’ve finished reading it.

Thanks for taking this journey with me. I hope you’ll find this book to be an indispensable guide to single-page application development.