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Scaling Modern Frontend Development: Strategies and Methodologies
| International Journal of Computer Applications |
| Foundation of Computer Science (FCS), NY, USA |
| Volume 186 - Number 65 |
| Year of Publication: 2025 |
| Authors: Gokul Ramakrishnan |
10.5120/ijca2025924446
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Gokul Ramakrishnan . Scaling Modern Frontend Development: Strategies and Methodologies. International Journal of Computer Applications. 186, 65 ( Feb 2025), 27-34. DOI=10.5120/ijca2025924446
Abstract
Developing modern web applications has become complex, which has raised the need for scalable, efficient, and adaptable solutions to ensure performance, reliability, and responsiveness. When applications scale in size and functions, traditional monolithic frontend architectures tend to become a bottleneck. To work around these drawbacks, several methodologies have arisen that make front-end development scalable. This paper also provides an overview of design patterns such as micro-frontends, SSR (server-side rendering), SPAs (single-page applications), JAMstack architectures, and component-based approaches. Each of these methodologies is discussed in terms of their underlying design principles, strengths, limitations, and real-world use cases. For instance, e-commerce, media platforms, and even SaaS solutions adopt these strategies in some form as a measure to drive scalability, develop independently, and optimize the consumption of resources. Moreover, it delves into new trends in front-end development such as AI-driven optimization, WebAssembly, and Edge Computing, the powerful evolutionary trends that will be the future of building scalable web applications. The balanced analysis of the current study provides a solid reference for the integration of sound methodologies capable of addressing the technical and business needs of contemporary front-end systems.
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