In the coming video, you’ll learn about Single-Page and Multi-Page Applications.
Let’s dive deeper into advantages of SPAs and MPAs.
Advantages of SPAs over MPAs:
Faster loading of page; no need of downloading resources all over again
Effective caching; easy local data storage
Easy debugging; technologies provide their own debugger tools
Decoupling of front-end and back-end
Simplified mobile development; same back-end can be used for web applications as well as native mobile applications
Rich in responsiveness; better user experience
Advantages of MPAs over SPAs:
Better Search Engine Optimization (SEO); architecture being native to search engine crawlers; flexibility to add meta tags to each page
Better in terms of analytics
Unlimited scalability; new features can be added easily
JavaScript not mandatory
Better security; access control at a functional level
Each architecture has its pros and cons and is well suited to a particular type of project and specific business goals. It is recommended that you choose the architecture according to your needs.
Can you think of making a calculator as a Multi-Page Application? It sounds weird, doesn’t it? In short, this is where Single-Page Applications come to rescue and React is one of the popular libraries to build such applications.