SPAs Benefits & Tradeoffs: What Are They?
In 2022, mobile apps are a beacon of salvation to users who love them so much that they use mobile apps anywhere, everywhere, and almost for anything. Some people can’t even imagine life without them anymore. Can you?
Yes, MPAs (multiple-page applications) gained a good reputation of being very efficient and reliable. But it’s hard to deny that there’s been a endless chase in the app development industry after even greater efficiency. Consequently, this chase led to an inevitable transition towards SPAs or single-page apps. What’s the reason? Simply delivering a much better user experience via incredibly easy navigation which improves overall app’s usability. But are they really that good? Let’s find out!
In this blog post, we’ll talk about SPAs, how they are different from MPAs, and make a quick overview of SPAs' pros and cons.
Quick overview of the SPA approach: what is it?
First of all, single-page apps are not built with only one page. They contain multiple modules that can be loaded as needed. For example, if you’re on the Homepage, an Index, or a Welcome page, these modules are loaded when you click on the link. Users move from one module to another in accordance to the info they search for. For example, once they click on the “Contact us” button or a navigation link, they’ll immediately load a Contact module with a Contact form instead of Homepage. And this is pretty much called a “single-page app” (SPA).
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