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I used to use MVC frameworks a lot. The problem I ran into was as soon as you have one thing on the page that can't survive the reload, you can never reload aga
by throwaway189262 6y ago
I used to use MVC frameworks a lot. The problem I ran into was as soon as you have one thing on the page that can't survive the reload, you can never reload again. Cue 3k lines of JQuery and regret.
I think of it this way, would you stream pre-rendered markup to a native iOS, Android, or Windows app? The thought of it is crazy, who would ever do that.
I think most people agree that the web is getting closer to native all the time. I think we're reaching the pivot where you're better off using React and co for any kind of interactivity. Page reloads are already used in media to portray slow/old websites. I don't see that getting better
- cutler 6y agoAgreed. The rise in mobile usage has made server-side rendering redundant. Single page web apps are really a by-product of this, not the main cause. If you're serving your content to iOS, Android and the browser rendering needs to be done on the client.