A bit of history

Before 2010

Server side frameworks
Template engines
jQuery, Yahoo UI
script.aculo.us ❤️
XMLHttpRequest

2011

Backbone.js is 3 months old
Node.js is 2 years old
People read Fielding's dissertation (REST)

Let's write client side applications in JavaScript! 😎

Client Side Rendering

2013

React initial release

Interesting, but what is this Flux architecture again? 🤔

2015

Vue.js is 1 year old
Redux initial release

Problem(s) solved 🎉

Since then...

“Can we render this JavaScript app on the server?”