The Transparent Web: Functional, Reactive, Isomorphic

DESCRIPTIONThe way we think about building web applications is changing fast tomeet the increased demands of user traffic, data load, and developmentcycle time. New approaches, many influenced by functional andreactive programming models, along with the languages andframeworks that support them, are becoming mainstream. In thisexploratory book, you'll tour emerging frameworks and languages,gaining ideas that will show up in next-generation programming.The Transparent Web presents a survey of new tools and techniquesfor web development focused on the themes of reactive programming,unifying separate platforms (isomorphic apps & more), and functionalprogramming. It explores the benefits of modern type systems andfunctional reactive programming. It also teaches how these newapproaches can make the reader a more productive developer byshortening revision cycles and making it easier to share code, scaleapplications, and add features.KEY FEATURES* Becoming more productive by shortening revision cycles* Writing web applications all in the same codebase and language* Techniques to save time debugging * Get applications up and running faster with all-in-one frameworks* Survey of practical tools and techniques AUDIENCEThis book is for web developers who have some experience developingweb applications in a more traditional MVC style. Readers should alsobe familiar with dynamic languages or statically-typed languages in thestyle of Java or C#.ABOUT THE TECHNOLOGYModern web applications are really several distinct web technologies flyingin close formation. However, new approaches, many influenced byfunctional and reactive programming models, along with the languages andframeworks that support them, are becoming mainstream. The Transparent Web tours emerging frameworks and languages, gaining ideas that will show up in next-generation programming.