Chaplin.js on Node.js. Use it for performance boosts, SEO, re-usability.
It is currently being tested in a Chaplin app. The following work:
- Controllers
- Models (including validation w/ Backbone.validation)
- Views, Sub-views, CollectionViews and Composition Views
- Handlebars templates, partials, and helpers
- Chaplin routes integrated into Express' router
Need to implement:
- Require/AMD support
A typical single page app will render after the following requests (in descending order) are made:
The problem is the last request can become very large over time, especially as back-ends scale. This can result in up to or even more than one second of delay.
By rendering the initial page on the server-side, this can greatly reduce the initial page loading time, as the last call made in the previous diagram is now done on the server-side before the site loads.
An express app is created on Node and then The Tramp is required. It's designed to be a drop in plugin.