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Frontend web development

A Few Good Coders builds frontend web applications with React and Next.js, turning designs into fast, accessible interfaces connected to real APIs, including interactive 3D in the browser.

A frontend is where users decide whether a product works. Beyond matching the design, it has to load quickly, handle slow networks and failed requests, work with a keyboard and screen reader, and stay understandable as features grow. We build web interfaces with React and Next.js for product teams who need that reliability, from a single dashboard to a public site with interactive 3D.

Is this a fit?

Start with the problem you need to solve.

  • You have designs, or a working prototype, and need a production web application that matches them on real devices and real data.
  • An existing React or Next.js app has grown slow, inconsistent or hard to change, and you want a review before more features are added.
  • Your product needs an interactive experience in the browser, such as a configurator, live preview or 3D scene, that has to open quickly from a link.

Scope and deliverables

What the engagement can include

Choose the work your product needs. The first milestone, acceptance criteria, exclusions and ownership are agreed before delivery starts.

Design to working interface

Translate designs into reusable components, layouts and navigation that hold up across screen sizes. Every view gets defined loading, empty, error and permission states, so the interface behaves predictably when the data does not.

API integration and application state

Connect the interface to your backend with typed contracts, sensible caching and clear handling for retries, timeouts and expired sessions. Decide what renders on the server and what runs in the browser according to the page's job rather than habit.

Performance and accessibility budgets

Agree measurable targets for page weight, Core Web Vitals and accessibility before building, then check them on representative devices. Semantic HTML, focus management and readable contrast are part of each component, not a final audit.

Interactive and 3D experiences

Build configurators, live previews and three.js or WebGL scenes with a fallback for weaker devices. Heavy assets load progressively so the rest of the page stays usable while the interactive part prepares.

Delivery approach

A practical path to the first release

  1. Review designs, APIs and targets

    Walk through the designs, backend readiness, browsers and devices that matter, and existing code. Agree the first journey and its acceptance criteria, including performance and accessibility targets.

  2. Deliver a reviewable journey

    Build that journey against real or contract-tested APIs and deploy it to a staging environment your team can click through. Fix the gaps the review finds before widening the scope.

  3. Extend, measure and hand over

    Add screens in increments, keep the budgets checked in continuous integration, and document components and conventions so your team can build on them after handover.

Work and engineering resources

Relevant experience you can explore

Touchable.ai personalized commerce

Our Touchable.ai work takes a customer from photo input and AI generation through deck configuration and live preview to purchase, as a live web storefront.

Read the Touchable.ai case study

Interactive solar system

Our own live 3D model of the Sun, planets, moons and galaxies is built from NASA, ESA and JPL data and rendered in the browser with three.js and WebGL. It is an engineering demonstration of real-time 3D on the web.

Explore the solar system

Rendering a real solar system

Our write-up explains the rendering, data and loading decisions behind the solar system, including how heavy 3D assets are kept from blocking the rest of the site.

Read the rendering write-up

Before we start

Common project questions

Do you only build with React and Next.js?

React and Next.js are our main web stack, and the site you are reading is built with them. When the same app must also run on iOS and Android, Flutter for web may share more code, and for a .NET organization Blazor can be the better fit. We recommend what suits your product and team.

Can you work from our existing designs and design system?

Yes. We build from Figma or similar files and extend your design system rather than replacing it. Where a design leaves states undefined, such as errors, empty lists or long content, we raise them early and propose solutions for your designer to approve.

Can you improve the speed of an existing web app?

Yes. We start by measuring the slow journeys on representative devices, then address the causes, which are often bundle size, render-blocking data fetches, unoptimized images or unnecessary client-side rendering. Fixes are ranked by user impact rather than by a single lab score.

Do you build the backend as well?

We can. If your API exists, we integrate with it and flag contract gaps. If it does not, our backend and full-stack services cover the API, data and deployment so the interface and backend are designed together.

What affects the cost of frontend work?

The number of distinct screens and states, design readiness, the browsers and devices to support, API maturity, interactive or 3D features, and accessibility and performance targets. Share those and we can propose a first milestone with explicit assumptions.

How do you test the interface?

Components and critical journeys get automated tests, accessibility checks run during development, and each milestone is reviewed on real browsers and devices. Performance budgets are checked before release so regressions are caught before users see them.

Your first brief

Bring the goal and the constraints.

Share the audience, the browsers and devices that matter, your designs or prototype, the current backend or API, the journey that must work first, and constraints such as accessibility, performance or launch dates. A link to the existing product is enough to start the conversation.

Discuss your frontend