# Building The Next SoundCloud

DevFeed: [Building The Next SoundCloud](<https://devfeed.tech/articles/building-the-next-soundcloud-2006.md>)

Original publisher: [Read original article](<https://developers.soundcloud.com/blog//building-the-next-soundcloud>)

Published: 2012-06-14T00:00:00Z

Content type: tutorial

Language: en

Sources: [SoundCloud Backstage Blog](<https://devfeed.tech/sources/soundcloud-backstage-blog.md>)

Topics: [Single-page application (SPA)](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/spa.md>), [JavaScript](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/javascript.md>), [Backbone.js](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/backbonejs.md>), [Handlebars](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/handlebars.md>), [CommonJS](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/commonjs.md>), [Front end](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/frontend.md>), [API](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/api.md>)

Tags: [api](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/api.md>), [architecture](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/architecture.md>), [commonjs](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/commonjs.md>), [front-end](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/front-end.md>), [javascript](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/javascript.md>)

## AI overview

SoundCloud's front-end team describes the architecture of the Next SoundCloud beta, a JavaScript single-page application designed for continuous playback and fast navigation. The article covers browser-side rendering from the public API, Backbone.js, Handlebars templates, and modular code using CommonJS-style modules converted to AMD for the browser.

## Source excerpt

This article is also available in: Serbo-Croatian: Pravljenje novog SoundCloud Armenian: SoundCloud (ձայնամպ) ծրագրավորողների համար The...