Question

Based on this question (Link) I want to know if is good to have a mvc application just using ajax call?

Thanks,
Pedro

Answer 1

It depends on the context. Here are some pros and cons

Pros:

• An application which has multiple sections which need to be updated independently will be easier to write using ajax calls because you don’t need to maintain the state of each section over postback.
• Smaller web requests -> better performance
• No need to maintain scrolled position of window, a full postback would otherwise scroll to the top of the page

Cons:

• Difficult to design so that its current state can be bookmarked
• Not navigatable by search engines
• Back/forward buttons don’t work without quite a bit of effort
• Requires javascript to be enabled

Martin