Part 1. The basics

This part of the book will get you acquainted with some basic concepts you’ll need to know before developing your first single-page web application.

In chapter 1, we’ll talk about what an SPA is in very clear terms. It’s important to know what this type of architecture involves and why you might choose it over that of a traditional web application.

Keeping your application’s code base clean and maintainable becomes critical when working within the context of a single page. Chapter 2 compares different styles of JavaScript framework that help you achieve that goal. The chapter frames the discussion with an introduction to the three architectural patterns that heavily influenced these frameworks: MVC, MVP, and MVVM. The chapter ...

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