Development with Components

Mayannara Carvalho — Thu, 27 Jun 2024 19:44:55 +0000

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A summary of componentization

It was created by Doug Mcilroy, responsible for the company Nato Software in 1968. His idea was to develop code components to facilitate the development of other applications by reusing code.

📝 What are components?

1. It is a composition unit with contractually specified interfaces and only explicit context dependencies.
2. Can be used independently and be composed of other parts.
3. An unknown implementation of functionality, which may be composed of other parts conforming to a component model.
4. It is an independent set of reusable services.
5. They are self-contained artifacts, which describe and/or perform specific functions and have clear interfaces, appropriate documentation, and a defined reuse condition.
6. Components must conform to a component model.

🔍 Benefits of Development with Components

✍️ Advantages of Componentization

Maintenance - Ease and speed when carrying out maintenance.
Minor impacts - No need to change various parts of the code.
Code reuse - Reuse of components in different parts of the project.
Easy understanding - Simpler to understand what that component does.
Code pattern - Helps you locate problems more easily.
Productivity increase - More agile development due to code reuse.

🛠️ Componentization Efficiency

1. Planning and architecture, define a solid architecture for the project.
2. Separation of responsibilities, each component is responsible for a single functionality.
3. Weak Coupling promotes flexibility and maintainability.
4. Unitary tests, ensure the correct use and functioning of the component.
5. Clear documentation, documentation must describe the purpose, clearly and comprehensively.

🎯 Challenges in Development Componentization

🏷 Technologies for Development with Components

Frontend: React, Vue.js, Angular...
Backend: Ruby on Rails, Django, Laravel (for creating RESTful APIs)...
Libs: Bootstrap, Material-UI, Tailwind CSS, Storybook, Bit, Styleguidist...

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Development with Components

A summary of componentization