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This is the case with traditional websites, but web apps (especially Progressive Web Apps) are moving more and more of the heavy lifting back to the client.
by dan1234 9y ago
This is the case with traditional websites, but web apps (especially Progressive Web Apps) are moving more and more of the heavy lifting back to the client.
- simonh 9y agoAnd they key is that with the modern web architecture, having powerful local compute gives you the flexibility to put what can be usefully done on the server or on the client where it belongs. Terminal type architectures have no flexibility at all. Do round-trip times and bandwidth limitations mean this aspect of the application would be better done on the client? Tough. It has no computing power and isn't programmable so you don't even have the option. Want to manage tabs and bookmarks locally so you control that stuff instead of being beholden to the service suppliers? Tough, if the online service doesn't offer the feature to cannot have it because all the smarts is upstream.