Formidable Playbook: A practical guide to building modern applications (opens in new tab)

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52 pointsyugoja9y ago19 comments

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briandear9y ago

Pales in comparison to Thoughtbot's https://thoughtbot.com/playbook

Mister_Snuggles9y ago

I like how the include native apps. Not every application is a web application.

pibefision9y ago

is is great. thank you.

are sources for this type of documentation in github? I would like to get a PDF to facilitate the reading.

yugojaOP9y ago

Hey Thanks! will check that one out too!

diggan9y ago

They should probably rename this to "A practical guide to building applications with webpack" instead, mentions nothing else but webpack and plugins for webpack...

exogen9y ago

Well, this isn't the The Only Way to Build Apps Playbook. It only mentions webpack because that's what we use exclusively at Formidable... it's our playbook. :)

And the TOC shows that many more non-webpack sections are coming, someone just posted this while it was a work in progress.

coldcode9y ago

What I found funny about this guide is it will be outdated in 6 months given the rapid change in the javascript/web universe. I doubt they can write it up faster than it becomes obsolete.

Mister_Snuggles9y ago

Should be called "A practical guide to building modern web applications".

I see nothing here related to building native applications.

pbreit9y ago

The "modern application" development situation make this novice's head spin. Rails/Django/Express so much easier.

michaelmior9y ago

I hadn't heard of DedupePlugin for Webpack, but it strikes me as a potentially dangerous idea. If there's enough duplicate code that using this plugin actually makes a meaningful difference, then I think you have bigger problems.

exogen9y ago

It's primarily for deduping subdependencies in your dependency tree, the existence of which is not an indication of any problems – it's totally expected that your dependencies might themselves depend on the same libraries.

the_duke9y ago

Seems to be a very rudimentary work in progress.

raziel2p9y ago

Should re-submit this when it's actually complete.

empthought9y ago

I'm going to guess this ends up being completely contradictory to

http://roca-style.org

ROCA: A collection of simple recommendations for decent Web application frontends

exogen9y ago

Why would you guess that? This ain't our first rodeo.

empthought9y ago

Because you started with a bunch of JavaScript recommendations that have nothing to do with the actual design or implementation of the application. It's leading off with the most trivial stuff imaginable.

Specifically, I'm guessing your architecture doesn't implement ROCA server recommendations #2, #5, #9, or client recommendations #1, #4, or #5. I'm happy to be proven wrong, though.

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ggregoire9y ago

If you choose to start a new project with React and Webpack, I recommend to use Facebook's official boilerplate[1] and read their really informative user guide. I also find educational to look at the architecture, libraries and configuration of open source non-trivial web applications (e.g. Wordpress Calypso[2]).

[1] https://github.com/facebookincubator/create-react-app

[2] https://github.com/Automattic/wp-calypso

fiatjaf9y ago

I'm sorry for anyone who has to read this or any other "playbook".

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19 comments

briandear9y ago

Pales in comparison to Thoughtbot's https://thoughtbot.com/playbook

Mister_Snuggles9y ago

I like how the include native apps. Not every application is a web application.

pibefision9y ago

is is great. thank you.

are sources for this type of documentation in github? I would like to get a PDF to facilitate the reading.

yugojaOP9y ago

Hey Thanks! will check that one out too!

diggan9y ago

They should probably rename this to "A practical guide to building applications with webpack" instead, mentions nothing else but webpack and plugins for webpack...

exogen9y ago

Well, this isn't the The Only Way to Build Apps Playbook. It only mentions webpack because that's what we use exclusively at Formidable... it's our playbook. :)

And the TOC shows that many more non-webpack sections are coming, someone just posted this while it was a work in progress.

coldcode9y ago

What I found funny about this guide is it will be outdated in 6 months given the rapid change in the javascript/web universe. I doubt they can write it up faster than it becomes obsolete.

Mister_Snuggles9y ago

Should be called "A practical guide to building modern web applications".

I see nothing here related to building native applications.

pbreit9y ago

The "modern application" development situation make this novice's head spin. Rails/Django/Express so much easier.

michaelmior9y ago

exogen9y ago

the_duke9y ago

Seems to be a very rudimentary work in progress.

raziel2p9y ago

Should re-submit this when it's actually complete.

empthought9y ago

I'm going to guess this ends up being completely contradictory to

http://roca-style.org

ROCA: A collection of simple recommendations for decent Web application frontends

exogen9y ago

Why would you guess that? This ain't our first rodeo.

empthought9y ago

Specifically, I'm guessing your architecture doesn't implement ROCA server recommendations #2, #5, #9, or client recommendations #1, #4, or #5. I'm happy to be proven wrong, though.

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ggregoire9y ago

[1] https://github.com/facebookincubator/create-react-app

[2] https://github.com/Automattic/wp-calypso

fiatjaf9y ago

I'm sorry for anyone who has to read this or any other "playbook".

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