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About SPA the article says "(I don't buy sending tons of JavaScript to a browser will ever be as fast as just some damn HTML. Also it's not as easy as putting some HTML files on the Internets)" -- I don't think the author really understands what SPAs are and what their advantage are. It's definitely faster in the sense that the application may work offline and you don't have multiple requests asking for data. It's faster to retrieve it locally, than remotely.

Overall, I do agree with the article though.

Also "CSS to make it look pretty. Dont use JavaScript for visual effects."

-- Sometimes this cannot be avoided, because css also has its limitation. Especially when you need to move content around in different elements depending on screen size etc. it's a hell to maintain with css, where as with javascript you can do it in a few lines.

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