used for pieces underpinning our technology thought leadership. Typically, also pieces that relate to industry aspects of API-first, Microservice architectures, headless, frontend-as-a-Service, etc.

Frontastic Explains: Mobile First

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One of the topics close to our hearts is mobile first. To create truly unique user experiences in modern eCommerce, a digital strategy needs to keep the needs of every customer and every device in mind.
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Measuring PWA performance: What scores to pay attention to and what you can ignore

Performance is one of the most important things when creating a website. Not only does it improve your SEO but more importantly, it improves your user experience. But when measuring the performance of Progressive Web Applications (PWAs), there are many different factors to take into account. At first glance, the stats you get back don't always appear to be the best.

Frontastic Explains: API and API-first

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Today we want to talk about API and API-first. What does that mean and how do modern eCommerce and Frontend-as-a-service rely on API-first strategies? Read more to find out about the greatest benefits of API-.

Frontastic Explains: Headless

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In the second part of our series "Frontastic Explains" our Technical Writer Catherine explains one of the biggest buzzwords in eCommerce these days: Headless. We explain what it means and if it is just a hype or a real benfit to retailers and customers.

New Series: Frontastic Explains

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In the fast changing digital world, it’s hard to keep up with upcoming technologies, techniques and software solutions. We want to provide the knowledge of our highly experienced team to everyone interested so marketers, agencies or developers can keep up.
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Frontend-as-a-Service – for dummies

The Frontend as a Service is the extension of a micro service-oriented architecture towards the Frontend (as a replacement for Web-Framework).
Henning Emmrich listening

Monolith vs. Microservices Architecture in a Nutshell

Monoliths are good for managing existing business. Service-oriented architectures or microservices are the key to speed, agility and fast growth. The right choice essentially depends on your own position in the market.
graphic showing composable layers in microservices vs. monolithic systems

API first: Frontastic as frontend for headless set-ups

Whether in commerce, content management or other areas such as data management, headless setups and micro services are becoming increasingly more important. In this interview, Thomas Gottheil, CEO and Co-Founder of Frontastic, explains why API first is more than just a trend. What are the challenges, and why is Frontastic the piece of the puzzle that provides the solution? All the info, compact in less than 2 minutes.
Henning and Thomas in front of a large Frontastic banner during K5 2018

Frontend Management Platform

Who needs a Frontend Management Platform (as a Service) and what is it anyway? What do you need to successfully implement (frontend) projects - software or skills?
Three layers of Frontastic as single page application: React-based frontend, React-Redux based data layer, API layer

eCommerce Single Page Application Platform-as-a-Service

An eCommerce Single Page Application is what you experience when shopping on Zalando or About You, a smooth shopping experience without annoying reloads. Frontastic makes this experience possible for all modern eCommerce systems.

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