# Frontside

> Frontside is a software consultancy specializing in Developer Experience (DX),
> internal developer platforms, and open source tools for JavaScript.

Frontside helps engineering teams build better developer experiences, from local
development environments to production deployment pipelines. We specialize in
Backstage implementation, testing strategy, and structured concurrency.

## Services

- [DX Consulting](https://frontside.com/dx-consulting): Developer experience consulting for Cloud native teams
- [Backstage Implementation](https://frontside.com/backstage): Internal developer portal expertise and plugin development

## Open Source Projects

- [Effection](https://frontside.com/effection/llms.txt): Structured concurrency for JavaScript - see detailed llms.txt for API docs and extension packages
- [Interactors](https://frontside.com/interactors): Page objects for component library testing
- [GraphGen](https://frontside.com/graphgen): Generate realistic graph data for testing

## Blog

Technical articles on DX, testing, Backstage, and JavaScript. Notable posts:

- [Announcing Effection 4.0](https://frontside.com/blog/2025-12-23-announcing-effection-v4): Major release with improved determinism
- [The Heartbreaking Inadequacy of AbortController](https://frontside.com/blog/2025-08-04-the-heartbreaking-inadequacy-of-abort-controller): Why JavaScript needs structured concurrency
- [Effection: When async/await is not enough](https://frontside.com/blog/2021-10-26-effection-async-await): Introduction to structured concurrency

## Optional

- [All blog posts](https://frontside.com/blog)
- [About Frontside](https://frontside.com/about)
- [Contact](https://frontside.com/contact)
- [Case Study: Resideo](https://frontside.com/work/case-studies/resideo)