Yes, it is very easy actually. Apply display:none to the top level div (or w/e container), and data-bind=”visible: true”. This will cause the page to be hidden until knockout unhides it via binding (which obviously can’t happen until its fully loaded). Since you are using a non-observable value, Knockout won’t even bother to re-check this … Read more
If you care about SEO, one of the ways that angular.io was able to solve this problem (at least with Google anyway) is by using noindex meta tag “to indicate soft-404 status which will prevent crawlers from crawling the content of the page”. Apparently it can be added to the document via JavaScript. Alternatively, using … Read more
MVC architecture of PureMVC/JS is the most elegant IMO. I learned a lot from it. I also found Scalable JavaScript Application Architecture by Nicholas Zakas helpful in researching client side architecture options. Two other tips I’ve found view, focus, and input management are areas that need special attention in single page web apps I also … Read more
I recently had to decide on a JavaScript SPA framework on a project too. Ember Looked at Ember early on and had similar thoughts as you about it – I really liked it but it felt like it was still too early to use… about half the tutorials I read didn’t work with the current … Read more
While #2 might be “easier” for you as a developer, it only provides search engine crawling. And yes, if Google finds out your serving different content, you might be penalized (I’m not an expert on that, but I have heard of it happening). Both SEO and accessibility (not just for disabled person, but accessibility via … Read more