Episode 165: Setting up Enterprise Frontend for Success

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Alex Okrushko talks with us about his recommended 9 ways to setting app development up for front end success, including monorepos, feature flagging, trunk based development, better PRs, automatic help, testing, feature plans, and daily releases.

Recording date: Dec 16, 2021

John Papa @John_Papa

Ward Bell @WardBell

Dan Wahlin @DanWahlin

Craig Shoemaker @craigshoemaker

Alex Okrushko @alexokrushko

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Timejumps

  • 00:56 Guest introduction
  • 03:18 What's the benefit to setting apps up for front end success?
  • 08:31 Team communication
  • 09:39 Sponsor: Ag Grid
  • 10:43 Don't silo your teams
  • 13:21 Why do I need monorepos?
  • 16:49 Why is feature flagging important?
  • 19:17 How do you start creating feature flags?
  • 23:01 What is trunk based development?
  • 32:09 Setting expectations for PRs
  • 34:45 Sponsor: IdeaBlade
  • 35:47 What is automatic help?
  • 37:42 Testing and quality
  • 39:34 Are there different areas of an app that need more testing?
  • 42:34 New feature plans
  • 45:59 Daily releases

Podcast editing on this episode done by Chris Enns of Lemon Productions.

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