"Building Large Scale Web Apps" is now available!

The React field guide to build and maintain large-scale applications has officially launched!

Hey everyone! Addy and Hassan here 👋🏽!

We’ve officially launched "Building Large Scale Web Apps: A React Field Guide"! The book is now available in E-book and Physical (softcover) formats.

After years of hands-on experience developing and leading large-scale React applications at companies like Google, Shopify, and DoorDash, we realized there was a need for comprehensive practical guidance on this subject. Most resources introduce React concepts but rarely go deep on the intricacies of scale — the exact pain points engineers encounter daily in real-world codebases.

Driven by this pressing gap, we’ve spent over a year preparing and writing the book to help developers build resilient, high-performing React apps ready for complexity.

Here's a snippet of what you’ll learn:

• Strategies for managing software complexity.

• How convoluted state management can be simplified by leveraging tools like React Query, Context, the useReducer Hook, and Redux.

• Design systems, component libraries and CSS methodologies and their necessity in fostering better collaboration between developers and designers.

• Accessibility, internationalization, personalization and A/B testing techniques that can be applied to cater to diverse user needs.

• Actionable guidance on simplifying migrations.

• Implementing robust testing and utilizing TypeScript for improved reliability.

• Advanced organizational and architectural optimizations at scale.

• And so much more!

In the book, we also share soundbites and tips from start-up owners and industry professionals who work at Doordash, Netflix, Spotify, and more. You can read more details about the book over at the largeapps.dev website.

“Building Large Scale Web Apps” has only been out to the public for a few short days now and we’re thankful to have received just great reviews!

We’re committed to continuously updating the book with new content, techniques, and tools. In fact, we're currently working on adding three new chapters to arrive in Q3 — Routing, User-centric API design, and React in 2024.

We’re so excited to have reached this milestone and share the book with you! If you have any questions/thoughts, feel free to reach out to us anytime!

Cheers,
Addy & Hassan