[dchuk]

I think the term "Single Page App" is a bit deceiving in usage sometimes. My idea of a SPA is one where the client downloads the bulk of the application code on first page load, and then only talks to the server with data-based API calls (JSON usually). The predownloaded client then just renders that data, rather than downloading an entire new template to render on the whole screen.

This interface style does not require any visual page refreshes to load new content, but it also still can support routing and deep-linking.