Things to Know When Making a Web Application in 2015

Re:Things to Know When Making a Web Application in 2015 by liviu- on Friday July 10, 2015 @05:12PM (#9866724)

I think he means that it's best to offer both variants with a graceful fallback for no-js users. This doesn't require sacrificing interactivity, responsiveness or UX for users with JS enabled.

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Re:Things to Know When Making a Web Application in 2015 by joepie91_ on Sunday July 12, 2015 @05:11PM (#9874986)

"Graceful fallback" is what came before progressive enhancement, and is considered obsoleted for good reason.

Graceful fallbacks tend to be maintained as a separate version, and neglected over time. Progressive enhancement means taking a basic page and adding snazzy functionality to it - eg. ajaxified page loads. The latter is what you want.

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Re:Things to Know When Making a Web Application in 2015 by baddox on Friday July 10, 2015 @05:57PM (#9867062)

It does, however, require a potentially large amount of work for a SPA. Granted, server-side rendering for JavaScript libraries like Ember and React is doable now.

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