Should frontend development drive backend design?
May 28, 2021•1 hr•Ep. 120
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Episode description
Sam and Ryan talk about how visual design typically drives frontend app development, and whether or not this implies that frontend development should drive backend development in a similar way. They also discuss a tricky UI issue involving keeping a React app consistent with both the URL and server-side auth state.
Topics include:
- 2:02 - How the URL makes it hard to keep your app consistent with changes to server-side state
- 34:20 - Pros and cons of uncontrolled forms
- 37:51 - Whether frontend development should drive backend design
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