Model, View, Whatever

Model, View, Whatever.

*Document Object Model - not me!

or how I learned to stop worrying and love the DOM*

We ♥

Single PageApplications

• Complex UI

• Feel really fast

• Comparable to native mobile apps

• Can work offline

• Cool MVC MVW frameworks galore

But…

• Javascript :(

• Initial page load

• Duplicated code

• < noscript />

• IE <9 Internet Explorer

• Deep linking

• Error handling

• SEO

Another way is possible.

• Render a full working web page on the server

• For all routes, not just the first hit of index page

• Bind SPA afterwards

• SPA uses the same markup

• Client and server use same templates

• Real forms!

• Real links!

• No duplicated templates!

• No white screen of death!

• Error recovery for free!

• Cheap integration tests!

• Maximum dev gibberish: Isomorphic Application

Dom Barker Software Engineer @ Quill Content

@mostlyharmlessd www.dombarker.co.uk

www.github.com/dakuan www.npmjs.com/~dakuan