Read on Twitter
Here's a web development trend I can get behind https://twitter.com/rubygeek/status/1307350614754590723
I feel like as in industry we've been throwing most of our collective weight behind figuring out how to build fast loading, accessible, maintainable SPAs for a full decade now
They still take significantly longer to build than multi page apps, and the results perform worse
They still take significantly longer to build than multi page apps, and the results perform worse
Are you building a pure productivity tool like Gmail or Trello? Great, go all in on an SPA!
For most other other categories of web application multi-page will cost less to build and deliver a better, more robust experience
For most other other categories of web application multi-page will cost less to build and deliver a better, more robust experience
(And to be honest, I'd take a multi-page version of Gmail over their most recent SPA iteration. I feel like I spend more time waiting for it to load than I do interacting with my email)
