These days everybody is talking about Java Script Libraries and client side development. Earlier Java script was used in very limited way and developers were not really bothering to learn about this. But from last couple of years things are totally changed and now people are very much serious about Java script and lots of new libraries even framework been developed using Java Script. As industry is moving towards Mobile First Approach which makes client side development become popular.
What is SOFEA (Service Oriented Front End Architecture)?
As client side development is widely used and preferred by the Business which evolved a new architecture called SOFEA (Service Oriented Front End Architecture).In this architecture presentation logic(client code) is decoupled from business logic and user interface will get data from services in the form of JSON\XML with the help of AJAX requests. SOFEA is a Paradigm shift from server side MVC to client side MVC.
How it works?
The SOFEA architecture is developed with help of SPA(Single Page Application). In First request all HTML and Java Script is been download and then each request page is bind with Data comes with the help of AJAX. As it’s totally depends on AJAX so this approach is also called Full AJAX.
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Popular Frameworks for SOFE Architecture
- Angular JS
- Knockout.JS
- Bakcbone.Js
Benefits of SOFE Architecture
- Presentation tier is decoupled from Business tier which helps application to get response faster.
- Run on multitude of devices.
- Very Well supported in Cloud Environment.