With the rise of modern web-frameworks, single-page applications have conquered the web. If done right, they are not only faster and smoother than conventional websites, but also create a richer user-experience. These modern applications don’t just enable new interaction patterns, but also new capabilities, such as offline and real-time data interactions.
This has come at a cost – more client-side JavaScript increases the download time of pages, while client-side URL routing introduces new problems – it delays the page-rendering time even further and makes it hard for search engines to index your pages. Dangerous stuff if you care about your search-engine ranking.
André will talk about what it takes to build top-ranking web applications, while Dennis will demonstrate some software architecture patterns using Vue.js to dramatically increase performance.