Interface Architecture in Times of Changing Frontend Technologies

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The talk examines compatibility problems between Java backends and JavaScript frontends and presents strategies to reduce interface-breakage in long-lived projects. It compares approaches: minimizing API changes, using code generation from interface description languages (e.g., Swagger/OpenAPI or JSON Schema), or moving to a single language across frontend and backend, and outlines an end-to-end toolchain with pros and cons for each option.

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1. 0:00Introduction
2. 1:23Interface architecture basics
3. 3:09Classic interface example
4. 6:43Interface challenges
5. 10:58Data structures and single source of truth
6. 15:53Uniform data structure techniques
7. 20:48API versioning
8. 27:54REST and HATEOAS
9. 31:47Async communication and event-driven architecture
10. 37:41Event sourcing and Kafka
11. 40:49Summary and outlook

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