106: Sam Selikoff - Single Page Application Architecture

In this episode, Adam talks to Sam Selikoff about single page application architecture, and why you should think of client-side applications like desktop applications.

Show Notes

Topics include:

• Why you should think of SPAs as desktop apps instead of web apps
• Strategies for pushing complexity out of your backend and on to the client
• Building optimistic UIs
• Best practices for storing and retrieving data
• Why you should design your SPAs with an "offline-first" mindset

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Links:

• EmberMap, Sam's Ember.js training site
• Cruddy by Design, Adam's talk on modeling with resources
• Progressive Enhacement is Dead, Long Live Progressive Enhancement, a talk from Tom Dale that talks about building offline-first web applications
• Ember Data
• JSON:API
• Ember-Orbit

What is Full Stack Radio?

A podcast for developers interested in building great software products. Every episode, Adam Wathan is joined by a guest to talk about everything from product design and user experience to unit testing and system administration.