about this book
Build a Frontend Web Framework (From Scratch) is a hands-on guide designed to lead you through the creation of your own frontend framework, closely mirroring the tools you routinely use in your professional life. My primary goal is to unveil the inner workings of frameworks, enabling you to harness their power more effectively. But the book isn’t just about education; it’s also about reveling in the journey!
Frontend frameworks are intricate pieces of software, and this book was crafted with your learning in mind. Each concept is methodically deconstructed into easily digestible segments, supplemented by diagrams and comprehensive explanations. I aim to equip you with everything you need to construct your own framework.
Who should read this book
You may be a frontend developer (at any level of seniority) who’s curious enough to want to understand how the tool they use every day works under the hood. Or you may be a coding enthusiast who wants to spend a few weekends using JavaScript to code a frontend framework for the fun of it—and for the learning experience, of course.
The book assumes that you have a basic understanding of JavaScript and HTML, as well as some experience with frontend frameworks. For the topics that are a bit more advanced, I’ve included links to external resources where you can learn more about them, as well as more detailed explanations. The book is written so that developers at all levels of experience should be able to follow along.