Re: A Responsive Single Page App (SPA) with 3 Issues to Consider

I'll take a closer look then. You pull all the related HTML files at one time? There is good sense in that, which is why I have just one HTML file. I guess I take "Single Page" a bit too literally! The advantage is for mobile users: One round trip saves bandwidth. So your design meets that requirement.

I'll have to dig in when I get some free time.

Pete

On 7/14/2015 12:06 PM, Kelly Cookson wrote:

My site satisfies the basic concept of a single page application. There's no official definition, but I do think Wikipedia actually has the right idea on this one:

"A single-page application (SPA), is a web application or web site that fits on a single web page with the goal of providing a more fluid user experience akin to a desktop application. In a SPA, either all necessary code - HTML, JavaScript, and CSS - is retrieved with a single page load, or the appropriate resources are dynamically loaded and added to the page as necessary, usually in response to user actions."

That's exactly what my site does. Everything is downloaded on an initial load. The content of the page is then loaded dynamically in response to user actions (clicking on links).

I freely admit that people often have something more complex in mind (such as the Google's Gmail) when they think of single page apps. But I didn't say my site illustrated all of the capabilities and advantages of a single page app.:-)

Thanks,
Kelly