So you have decided to digitize your business and build a web application or website for that. You have finally realized that in this technological era where people would judge you based on whether your business is on the internet or not. Accept it. It is True!
Don’t worry! We are here to help you decide the best way for you to have your business online. So these ways you can build your website are single page application and multi page application. In this article, we are going to discuss the much-debated topic for website development which is Single page application vs Multi Page application.
Without further ado, let’s dive deeper and come to know how these web app development ways differ from each other. And why some companies or businesses prefer to go with either of them.
What is a Single Page Application?
Single-page applications, (short-form SPAs) are web applications that download all the data at the time of the first click of the page. It won’t trouble you, once you have opened the app and won’t reload every time you click on something. You may have an idea if you are a long-time user of the Facebook website. Back in those days while using Facebook, if you hit a button on anyone’s photo, the whole page used to reload. What a mess!
But today you know with just a single click, the button turns from like to like. Let me clear you this, it is not your internet speed that does that. It’s the magic of single page application frameworks like Angularjs, Vuejs, Reactjs, Emberjs that work behind these single page applications. You can also implement this with AJAX.
What are Multi page Applications?
As the name suggests, these are web applications that have more than one page. Multipage applications load their pages every time a user clicks on different links. MPAs are separately built multiple pages that combine together and make a website. You would find numerous links to multi page websites that take you to the different pages of that website.
In technical terms, due to their heavy data, they demand to transfer that data between server and browser. Unlike SPAs, multi-page applications require multiple UI design layers as it is a collection of different pages.
Single Page Application vs Multi Page Application: Key Takeaways
Use Multi Page application if you have a large business, services or products which require multiple menu items and features.
Go for a single page application, if you want to create SaaS platforms, Social networking site, or where search engine does not matter.
If you have a future plan for building mobile applications, then create your base with a single page application.At Echo Innovate IT our expert team of developers can help you with your web and app development. Contact Us! Today.