Evolutionary UI: Change as a first-class citizen in the modern frontend world

Description

Allowing for change is especially important when designing your frontend applications where ever-higher user expectations meet the fast-paced JavaScript ecosystem.

Rufus Raghunath and Giamir Buoncristiani examine how the principles of evolutionary architecture can be applied to UI to prioritize changeability. They consider several approaches to making a modern UI application more evolvable, such as the micro-frontends pattern, and examine specific “fitness functions” that keep you and your team honest to your requirements without sacrificing evolvability. They also explore the trade-offs you make when you choose a more evolutionary frontend architecture and provide a framework for thinking about how much future change you’ll need to account for.