[melbourne-pug] Web App Architecture

[Javier Candeira]

On Mon, Mar 19, 2012 at 12:38 AM, Ben Dyer <ben.dyer at taguchimail.com> wrote:
>> I was surprised when Ben said his apps were more bookmarkable, not
>> less, after going to a js framework. Ben: could you explain how that
>> worked?

> [snip]

> whatever section of the app corresponds to that URL, so you can tie whatever view state information you like into page navigation. For us, this meant that in-app search/filtering, which we had always done purely client-side, was able to have unique URLs attached so that history navigation made sense in terms of being able to "cancel" or modify your filter settings by going back to a previous page, as well as being able to bookmark a particular combination of searches/filters for easy access.

Cool, thanks! A friend of mine was fighting with a search-based
interface a couple of years ago. This would have helped him in terms
of UI responsiveness. Good trick to have in mind, and I would add it
as a fourth reason for going this route.