Following Best Practices and Developing MERN Further

In this chapter, we will elaborate on some of the best practices to apply when building the six MERN applications in this book. Additionally, we will explore other practices that we have not applied in this book but that should be considered for real-world applications to ensure reliability and scalability as complexity grows. We will review the decisions behind organizing the project code in modules, the approaches to applying frontend styling, server-side rendering with data only for selective views, and how React interfaces may be composed to manage state across components. We will also look at ways to improve security, add testing to the projects, and optimize bundling with webpack. Finally, we will wrap up with suggestions for enhancing, and steps for extending, the applications built. With these insights, you will be better...