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tabiul
tabiul

Reputation: 607

java script website best practice

I am building a website using the below stack. For this question, I think the software stack should not matter. I am more interested to know whether the way I am doing the project seems like a good idea or following the best practice. 

- Twitter Bootstrap for the UI 
- CherryPy
- jQuery

So the way I approached the project is like the below 

- Use the Twitter Bootstrap to create the basic layout
- I have one js file and one css file for my project
- Based upon the requirement, let say for this button I need to do something like ajax call
    - go to the js file and write like $("#id").click() and do the necessary stuff
    - write the necessary action code in python
    - Test

So basically, what I am doing, modifying the html file, adding the necessary code that I need in my single js file and do the python code. Seeing all this java script framework like backbone.js, require.js makes me feel that maybe I am not following the best way to do it.

In a sense, what I want to know is that assuming you have a website with few pages that does not have heavy user interaction how would you do it? Is there anything wrong the way I am approaching it? What would be best way to do it?

Thanks

Upvotes: 0

Views: 271

Answers (1)

TYRONEMICHAEL
TYRONEMICHAEL

Reputation: 4244

Client side frameworks like Backbone, Angular, and Ember are built to help bring structure to heavy javascript applications. Don't get confused between a client side language like javascript (although now it can be used as a server side language to) and a server side language like C#, Python Php etc.

Most Single Page Applications consume a REST API. So all your functionality will be on the client side. Your server's primary responsibility is to push data to your client so the user can interact with it. Think of your client (written in js) and server(written in python) as two completely separate entities/apps.

If your application is not javascript heavy, I would not go with a Single Page Application and use your current listed tech stack. I would always recommend keeping your javascript structured, but you dont need a framework for this. Just follow one of the js patterns you feel most comfortable which can be listed here.

Upvotes: 1

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