(2012) The article is older but the advice is sound: only reach out to the server when you need to and ensure your client-side state doesn't break when you can

(2012) The article is older but the advice is sound: only reach out to the server when you need to and ensure your client-side state doesn't break when you can't. It's a little strange that they avoided naming any JS MV* frameworks even though some where out by then -- Backbone, Knockout, Ember, Angular, if I recall. But this article makes the point that all future JS MV* development went on to consider best practice in the years to follow.