Converting a large app to SPA

Question

Are there any best practices for building a larger app as an SPA ? I am dealing with something that currently has 50 views.

Answer 1

Dove has a good point, a SPA with 50 views sounds very large, and there probably isn't a silver bullet to convert your app.

A few approaches worth spiking/investigating...

• Seperate your 50 views into application areas. Then use ASP.Net MVC Views & WebAPI to push down the manifest+scaffold to create your views.
  • Use JSViews+JSRender/KendoUI+KnockoutJS to build things up on the client using the manifest/scaffold.
• It's very very new, but why not check out TypeScript for building the application in JavaScript

Also, look at the 50 views, and see if you can find a smarter way to provide the same functionality, but in fewer views (without just cramming it into the same page).