Interactive View

Modern frameworks and technologies allow splitting the frontend and backend completely, transforming the view into an interactive client which handles all communication with the server.

Architecture

This mixes well with client-server architectures.

State

Data such as results from requests, or the user information, can be stored locally by the frontend client, which now handles part or the totallity of the application state.

Example

A Spring MVC application offers REST web services. The client is a REACT with Redux client. Both the backend and frontend can be in different servers.

Advantages

• Easier to generate interactive views

• Changing view does not require reloading

• Local context and data storage

• Frontend and backend dissociated

Disadvantages

• Heavy frontend

• Requires more knowledge

• Sessions are harder to handle