> Know your requirements. I agree with you and had my own way of saying it off the top of my post. If your application has a simple data workflow such as "ask

> Know your requirements. I agree with you and had my own way of saying it off the top of my post. If your application has a simple data workflow such as "ask server for document, show document" and "store document on server, show new document" then by all means do not build a client-side web application. However, fully reloading a document for interactivity is a very crude model, and doesn't allow for complex interactions, state transitions, offline support, the ability to package your app and deliver it to app stores, and so much more. Additionally, I often see teams who build their UI application directly into the server fail to develop a robust API for 3rd party applications such as mobile apps and data integrations.