Isomorphic JavaScript: The Future of Web Apps

We do this sort of thing on the site I work on, Google+. Initial page-loads are rendered on the server, subsequent page-loads are rendered on the client. Really good for performance. It's just the templating system that's common code, though, the server is still Java.

Re: Isomorphic JavaScript: The Future of Web Apps

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Post by avolcano » Mon, Nov 11, 2013, 10:46 PM UTC

My main concern - how does application state get handed off to the client-side code after the initial render? Sure, it's nice to have some pre-rendered templates, but at some point it needs to "transition" cleanly to the client.

Re: Isomorphic JavaScript: The Future of Web Apps

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Post by romanovcode » Mon, Nov 11, 2013, 10:49 PM UTC

camus2 wrote: post #3

why the use of the word Isomorphic in that context ?

To sound smart.

Re: Isomorphic JavaScript: The Future of Web Apps

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Post by [deleted] » Mon, Nov 11, 2013, 10:49 PM UTC

leeoniya wrote: post #2

i hope the future of web apps isn't also pages like this one that screw up my preferred scroll-wheel speed (FF) :(

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Re: Isomorphic JavaScript: The Future of Web Apps

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Post by jsnk » Mon, Nov 11, 2013, 10:50 PM UTC

camus2 wrote: post #3

why the use of the word Isomorphic in that context ?

I think the word denotes mapping of client side data to the server side data. In frameworks like Meteor, if there some addition or deletion of data on the server side, browser notices the changes and updates the page accordingly. In frameworks like Rails or Django, changes of data on server side doesn't update the client side page (unless you customize the app with ajax)

Re: Isomorphic JavaScript: The Future of Web Apps

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Post by quarterto » Mon, Nov 11, 2013, 10:50 PM UTC

You keep using that word. I do not think it means what you think it means.

Using precisely defined mathematical words in contexts where they only make sense vaguely to a layperson ruins their original usage. Make up a new word. Repurpose a shitty English word. But leave our damn maths words alone.

Old man quarterto shakes his fist at you! Get off my smooth, compact lawn!

Re: Isomorphic JavaScript: The Future of Web Apps

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Post by themanr » Mon, Nov 11, 2013, 10:50 PM UTC

A great thing about the web is that a multitude of server side languages can be used. While I don't ever want to have to write the same template twice, having everything converge on nothing but Javascript doesn't seem like a very inspiring future to me.