Client Side Applications

Client Side Application or SPA development essentially involves using a client side programming language such as Javascript or one of the many derivatives thereof in order to develop applications that essentially render and run in the client browser as opposed to Traditional web apps where the bulk of the processing is done on the application server.

There are many instances where this form of applicaion is preferrable to the Traditioanl way of processing and typically developers will decide on the type of application they will develop based on functional requirements.

How and when or why to use SPA as opposed to Traditional technology is beyond the scope of this document and we assume that you are at least familiar with the pros and cons of using each type of application.

For now let us focus on how WebSaw allows the development of SPA by examining PyJsaw.

PyJsaw is an acronym for Python Javascript Application Warehouse which much like Websaw itself offers us the means to develop our SPA quickly and securely usng structured pythonic code and leverages on providing a RapydScript structure for generating Vue componenets.

However complex our application requirement the end result will always be an application that has a single entry point (traditionally ‘index’) which will pass processing back control to our SPA.

All futher processing/rendering is then performed by our SPA client side.

Whilst there is nothing preventing us from coding our SPA in Vue.js directly or even vanilla .JS we will see how PyJsaw will simplify this whole process for us and give us the ablilty to create stunning SPA apps quicky and sercurely.

• SPA Getting Started
  • Understanding PyJsaw files
• The SPA Scaffold Application
• Next Steps