System Design · Middle · Question 1 of 75

What is the right way to start answering a frontend system design question?

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A popular framework is RADIO: Requirements (functional and non-functional), Architecture (components and data flow), Data model (client state), Interface (API), Optimizations (performance, a11y, i18n, security). Without requirements it's easy to design the wrong system.

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