JavaScript for Line of Business Applications

Single page web applications - or SPAs, as they are commonly referred to - are quickly becoming the de facto standard for web app development. The fact that a major part of the app runs inside a single web page makes it very interesting and appealing, and the accelerated growth of browser capabilities pushes us closer to the day, when all apps run entirely in the browser.

• Picking an Application Framework
• Client-Side Templates
• Modular Development
• Package Management
• Unit and Integration Testing
• UI Considerations
• CSS Preprocessors
• Version Control
• Browser Considerations
• Libraries
• Minification
• Tools of the Trade
• Performance Considerations
• Auditing and Google Analytics
• Keeping up With the Jones
• Operations Management
• Summary

I started playing around with creating a workflow for creating single page applications with JavaScript. The big player in this workflow is GruntJS. In this Single Page JavaScript Application Workflow Tutorial I will explain how to setup a build process for your development and production environment. We will be using several GruntJS plugins to help us.