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The less stuff on the server the better imo. Whenever I can get away with it I use a static site generator or I use vuejs with a json file containing all the da

The less stuff on the server the better imo. Whenever I can get away with it I use a static site generator or I use vuejs with a json file containing all the data for the site. Being able to just drop a static set of files in to a webserver without any risk of security issues in my code is great. I also hate the tools for backend rendering since if you need any kind of interactivity it becomes so much easier if you had just built it all in vue/react with no downsides other than not running in someones cli web browser.

lawn 6y ago
Phoenix LiveView gives you excellent interactivity with backend rendering.
- JohnBooty 6y ago
  I desperately want to check that out when I have some free time. (In other news, I would desperately like some free time)
  - ksec 6y ago
    There are quite a few others inspired by Liveview. On ASP.Net , PHP Laravel, Python Django and Stimulus Reflex on Ruby Rails.
djhaskin987 6y ago
At my old company they were moving from client-side to server side because they had 30 different clients -- Roku, desktop, smartphone, Xbox, etc. -- and all of them had to reproduce the same logic. At the time I left they were trying to centralize all of that logic on the server and then just put the lipstick on the pig at the end.
y-c-o-m-b 6y ago
> I use vuejs with a json file containing all the data for the site Seconded. It makes hosting a breeze; especially when you can just throw it on GitHub Pages within minutes. I also like being dependent on only a text editor and a browser ... a combo still performant on just about any device from the last 20 years if not longer. No need to install full-featured IDEs and the various dependencies.
timwis 6y ago
> Being able to just drop a static set of files in to a webserver without any risk of security issues in my code is great. What security risks are removed by using a client side app instead of a server side one?
- ashleyn 6y ago
  None, you're just shifting the risk to the user.
- Polylactic_acid 6y ago
  No database, no code running on your system other than nginx which I trust a whole lot more than myself.

lawn 6y ago

Phoenix LiveView gives you excellent interactivity with backend rendering.

JohnBooty 6y ago
I desperately want to check that out when I have some free time. (In other news, I would desperately like some free time)
- ksec 6y ago
  There are quite a few others inspired by Liveview. On ASP.Net , PHP Laravel, Python Django and Stimulus Reflex on Ruby Rails.

djhaskin987 6y ago

At my old company they were moving from client-side to server side because they had 30 different clients -- Roku, desktop, smartphone, Xbox, etc. -- and all of them had to reproduce the same logic. At the time I left they were trying to centralize all of that logic on the server and then just put the lipstick on the pig at the end.

y-c-o-m-b 6y ago

> I use vuejs with a json file containing all the data for the site Seconded. It makes hosting a breeze; especially when you can just throw it on GitHub Pages within minutes. I also like being dependent on only a text editor and a browser ... a combo still performant on just about any device from the last 20 years if not longer. No need to install full-featured IDEs and the various dependencies.

timwis 6y ago

> Being able to just drop a static set of files in to a webserver without any risk of security issues in my code is great. What security risks are removed by using a client side app instead of a server side one?

ashleyn 6y ago
None, you're just shifting the risk to the user.
Polylactic_acid 6y ago
No database, no code running on your system other than nginx which I trust a whole lot more than myself.