More and more convinced that SPAs and REST do not mix well together.
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@szymonpobiega I disagree. Which is why we came up with ROCA (roca-style.org)
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@stilkov Because they make hypermedia-based flows difficult by forcing static routing in client side code.
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@szymonpobiega Make no mistake, I hate SPAs. But I believe they can be part of a RESTful app if they use a hypermedia format such as HAL.
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@stilkov you can build SPAs to request hypermedia-rich responses, parse (optionally render) the data/controls. rinse/repeat. @szymonpobiega
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@mamund I fully agree. @SzymonPobiega
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@stilkov yeah, that reply should have been directed to @SzymonPobiega w/ you as cc. your roca-style.org covers this already, right?
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@mamund @SzymonPobiega That’s what it’s supposed to do, yes.
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@stilkov @mamund would love to see an SPA framework use link relations instead of URLs for routers.
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Replying to @Stephen_Mizell
@stephen_mizell @mamund Why not skip the SPA idea altogether and use the most supported, documented, supported hypermedia format (HTML)?

Jun 4, 2014 · 9:02 PM UTC

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Replying to @stilkov
@stilkov @mamund that too!
Replying to @stilkov
@stilkov those two (SPA & HTML-based APIs) are not mutually exclusive. @stephen_mizell
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