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Web Applications architecture is built based on the pattern described in this document. | Web Applications architecture is built based on the pattern described in this document. | ||
The pattern is not tied to specific versions of a library nor a framework. It is intended to expose | The pattern is not tied to specific versions of a library nor a framework. It is intended to encapsulate and expose some logical blocks of the application 'blackbox' logic into something that can be understandable by the browser. | ||
As a result it enforces a platform level encapsulation, by having | As a result it enforces a platform level encapsulation, by having one compartment per logical pieces of code. For more informations on compartments, please see [https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Mozilla/Gecko/Script_security#Compartments [1<nowiki>]</nowiki>] [https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Mozilla/Projects/SpiderMonkey/Compartments [2<nowiki>]</nowiki>] [http://andreasgal.com/2010/10/13/compartments/ [3<nowiki>]</nowiki>] [https://bholley.wordpress.com/2012/05/04/at-long-last-compartment-per-global/ [4<nowiki>]</nowiki>] | ||
In this document 'logical pieces of code' is often referred to as a Client or a Server. But more specific examples for applications can be a particular View, or the view application logic, a main-thread-only WebAPI wrapper, etc. | In this document 'logical pieces of code' is often referred to as a Client or a Server. But more specific examples for applications can be a particular View, or the view application logic, a main-thread-only WebAPI wrapper, etc. | ||
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Also all applications are hosted web applications, running offline through the use of Service Worker. | Also all applications are hosted web applications, running offline through the use of Service Worker. | ||
Lastly, while various part of the current proposal are directly managed by the application itself, and while this is a deliberated choice in order to prototype things, one of the goal is to move some of them to the platform side. | |||
== Service Worker == | == Service Worker == | ||