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by soperj 1035 days ago
> the point of an SPA is so that i can share code and data for different pages in the browser without having to get it from the server for each new page.

You still have to get it from the server for each new page, you just do it in the background.
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em-bee 1035 days ago
i don't need to get the code. nor the markup. that's already loaded in the browser. if i need to get anything, it's raw data. i also don't need to send anything back so i can manage state. being able to load data in the background can also improve the user experience. and for those apps that don't need a backend, i won't need to get anything ever after the first load. SPAs can, if written right, function completely offline, once loaded.
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soperj 1030 days ago
> also improve the user experience

It doesn't. Most users don't actually notice.

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