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Hasty Treat - Updating / Restarting Long-Running Web Apps

Hasty Treat - Updating / Restarting Long-Running Web Apps

FromSyntax - Tasty Web Development Treats


Hasty Treat - Updating / Restarting Long-Running Web Apps

FromSyntax - Tasty Web Development Treats

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Length:
13 minutes
Released:
Oct 12, 2020
Format:
Podcast episode

Description

In this Hasty Treat, Scott and Wes talk about updating web apps that have running for a long time — the problems to look out for and how to avoid them. LogRocket - Sponsor LogRocket lets you replay what users do on your site, helping you reproduce bugs and fix issues faster. It’s an exception tracker, a session re-player and a performance monitor. Get 14 days free at logrocket.com/syntax. Show Notes 01:54 - The problem This only affects the client-side 05:28 - What are some solutions: Do nothing and hope the user refreshes. Have a list of assets, or commit hashes. Poll the server periodically, and when there is a new version available: Prompt the user to refresh Just refresh the user (store current state in localstorage and restore) Do a custom component, that checks the last time the user has refreshed (or if new version if available). When they click the link, render a regular instead of a pushstate link. Use a service worker. They will emit an event when a new version is available. Use the above methods to refresh the user. Hot code push. Vuepress has “hot reloading” baked in. Links https://twitter.com/wesbos/status/1306969658751361024 Notion Vuepress Meteor Tweet us your tasty treats! Scott’s Instagram LevelUpTutorials Instagram Wes’ Instagram Wes’ Twitter Wes’ Facebook Scott’s Twitter Make sure to include @SyntaxFM in your tweets
Released:
Oct 12, 2020
Format:
Podcast episode

Titles in the series (100)

Full Stack Developers Wes Bos and Scott Tolinski dive deep into web development topics, explaining how they work and talking about their own experiences. They cover from JavaScript frameworks like React, to the latest advancements in CSS to simplifying web tooling.