i've always been front-end first. creating the html/js first then the server api out of it , then finally chosing the persistance layer. So nothing new here. t

i've always been front-end first. creating the html/js first then the server api out of it , then finally chosing the persistance layer. So nothing new here. that's called building up to bottom . You focus on a few user scenarios and you just make them happen. then you refactor your obviously nasty code , and thanks to tests , nothing breaks on the client. That's why i like microframeworks too instead of bloated stuffs. They can grow with your needs instead of having all these unusefully layers of code packaged together, and they are still good enough for team work.