Here is an incomplete list of topics that may or may not constitute front-end architecture.
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- State Management and Sync Strategies
- Pushing Data from the Server
- REST vs. GraphQL
- Loading and Error States
- Caching Requests
- Bundle Management
- Code Splitting
- Tree-Shaking
- Lazy-loading
- Dependency Management
- node_modules
- npm / Yarn
- Build your own registry
- Application Deployment
- Build Processes
- Continuous Integration / Continuous Deployment
- Docker / Kubernetes
- Hosting and Content Delivery Networks
- Application Monitoring
- End user monitoring
- Synthetic monitoring
- Testing
- Balancing Unit and Integration Tests
- Visual Regression testing
- Styling and Design Systems
- CSS Methodologies
- CSS-in-JS
- Linting & code formatting
- Browser support
- Accessibility
- Localization
- Client-Side Routing
- Font Loading and Rendering
- Image Optimization
- Performance
- Inlining CSS
- RAIL
- PRPL
- Layout Performance
- Runtime Performance
- Auditing
- Microfrontends vs. Monoliths
- Server-Side Rendering vs. Static Site Generation
- WebAssembly
- Type Systems
- Monitoring and Alerting
- Design Patterns
- Documentation
- Platform Architecture
- Sequence Diagrams/User Flows
- Developer Workflow
- Performance Budgets
- Testing Strategy
- Runbooks
- Compliance Considerations
- SOX
- GDPR
- WCAG 2.0
- PCI
- HIPAA
- etc.
- Repo creation
- README.md
- Local Setup
- Develop Against Different Environments
- Run Tests
- CONTRIBUTOR.md
- Conventional Commits
- Code Review Process
- Library Release Process
- README.md
- Templates and tooling
- Bootstrapping new projects
- Updating legacy code (Codemods)