A single-page application (SPA) is a web application or web site that interacts with the user by dynamically rewriting the current page rather than loading entire new pages from a server. This approach avoids interruption of the user experience between successive pages, making the application behave more like a desktop application.

Contents

1. History
2. Technical Approach
   1. Javascript frameworks
   2. Ajax
   3. Web Socket
3. Challenges with the SPA model
   • Search Engine Optimizationz
   • Client / Server code partitioning
   • Browser Histtory

History

The origins of the term single-page application are unclear, though the concep concept was discussed at least as early as 2003. ^[3] Stuart (stunix) Morris wrote the Self-Contained website at slashdotslash.com with the same goals and functions in April 2002 ^[4] and later the same year, Lucas Birdeau , Kevin Hakman, Michael Peachey and Evan Yeh described a single page application implementation in the US patent 8,136,109. _[5]