---
title: "What I wish I had known about single page applications"
url: https://daily.dev/posts/what-i-wish-i-had-known-about-single-page-applications-vgxwljlvx
source_url: https://stackoverflow.blog/2021/12/28/what-i-wish-i-had-known-about-single-page-applications/
type: article
source: "Stack Overflow Blog"
published: 2021-12-28T15:06:57.812Z
updated: 2021-12-28T15:06:57.812Z
tags: ["javascript", "google", "html"]
reading_time: 12
upvotes: 12
comments: 1
language: en
---

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# What I wish I had known about single page applications

**[Stack Overflow Blog](https://daily.dev/sources/stackov)** · 12 min read · 12 upvotes · 1 comments

## Summary

A single-page app is a web page with no real content, just a handful of JavaScript files and some links to other files. This is the heart of the single page app, but it can be very difficult to build and maintain. This article is the tenth in a series on the top ten posts of the year.

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**@hoomanpouyan** · 0 upvotes

> extraordinary Michael, thanks very much for the insight and the sharing of your exquisite experience

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