HOW NOT TO BUILD A FRONT-END FROM SCRATCH EVERYTIME

Kristoffe Biglete - WordCamp Denmark 2016

  • Web-designer, frontender
  • 9 years of experience with WordPress
  • Works at Peytz & Co
  • @kristoffe_

ABOUT ME

  • Faster
  • Easier to maintain
  • Less prompt to errors
  • Consistency / Best practices

WHY AUTOMATION TOOLS

  • Package control
    • NPM / Bower
  • Enable / Disable
  • Version control
  • Sustainable

DEPENDENCIES

  • Components / Functionalities
  • Architecture
    • Aesthetic design
    • Atomic design

SASS

  • Aesthetic design

SASS

base/

components/

layout/

pages/

utils/

vendors/

app.scss

}

  • Atomic design

SASS

atoms/

molecules/

organisms/

templates/

pages/

  • Packages
  • Manifest
  • Process

GULP

> task

> stream

// do your thang

  • SASS compiler

GULP

  • Minified

GULP

scripts.js

scripts.min.js

styles.css

styles.min.css

  • Sourcemap

GULP

  • Concat files

GULP

ads.js

comments.js

forms.js

menu.js

sections.js

select.js

scripts.js

}

  • JS Hint

GULP

  • Move

GULP

fonts/

-- fontawesome

---- css

---- fonts

-- linearicons

---- css

---- fonts

  • Watch

GULP

STOP

DEMO TIME

  • Faster development cycles

WHY SHOULD I CARE

  • Improved worklow
  • Bundling & minifying
  • Live listeners
  • Maintenance

WHY SHOULD I CARE

  • Version control
  • Clean repositories
  • Less errors

WHY SHOULD I CARE

  • Unit tests
  • Code analysis
  • Code sniffers
  • Consistency / Best practices

WHY SHOULD I CARE

  • Team workflow
  • SEO / Google
  • Quality control
  • Focus / Resilience

WHY SHOULD I CARE

How not to build a front-end from scratch everytime

By Kristoffe Biglete

How not to build a front-end from scratch everytime

WordCamp Denmark 2016

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