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PHP Architect · Vol 22, Issue 7 · July 2023

Artisan Way: MPA vs. SPA vs. Transitional

by Matt Lantz

Web Applications and website architectures have shifting trends, just like frameworks and languages. As one group’s interest takes hold, another group’s interest becomes the way of the past. However, the World Wide Web’s core architecture has changed very little throughout its life; That statement could trigger some people, so I’ll clarify it. Since its inception, the core of the World Wide Web was simply you enter an address in a browser, and you get content provided back. In cases where you submitted information, the server consumed it and either redirected you or provided direct content. Yet, regardless of this, developers have consistently attempted to force the server-browser relationship into some Frankenstein that either becomes a nightmare of maintenance or becomes a pattern we all choose to leave in the past.

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Matt Lantz

About the author

Matt Lantz

Matt has been developing software for over 13 years. He started his career as a developer working for a small marketing firm, but has since worked for a few Fortune 500 companies, lead a couple teams of developers and is currently working as a Cloud Architect. He's contributed to the open source community on projects such as Cordova and Laravel. He also made numerous packages and helped maintain a few. He's worked with Start Ups and sub-teams of big teams within large divisions of companies. He's a passionate developer who often fills his weekend with extra freelance projects, and code experiments.

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