PROTODIV

Simple client-side code for displaying dynamic data.

Example

See page1.html for example usage.

See page2.html as example of how the page can be completely changed without having to modify the code or data at all.

Why?

• Reduces the load on the server as much of the page layout is done in the browser.
• The HTML can easily be designed and built by non-programmers.
• The raw, dynamic data and the display of that data is almost entirely separated

Why is that good?

Scaling and cost of development.

Cost of development is reduced because expensive programmers aren't needed whenever a change to the layout of the page is made. There is a lot less interaction required between the programmers and web designers. Time is saved, and cost is reduced. The code is very small and very simple. It's not dependent on any other libraries or modules. The less code there is in your application, the fewer bugs you will have, and the easier and faster it is to build things. There is no need to find, setup, configure, and "learn" big, complicated 3rd party frameworks.

With separation of the dynamic data and the static page layout, scaling becomes easier in that the static content is increased, and the dynamic data is decreased. Delivery of static data is cheaper and easier to scale up. Delivery of less dyanmic data saves on bandwidth and reduces load on the servers that talk to the database (often the weak spot when scaling). In addition, having the dynamic data servers deliver only raw, unadorned data, you will automatically get a near complete RESTful API so that any client can consume the data how it pleases.