Is the Browser the Side for Templating?

  1. Garcia-Izquierdo, F.J. 1
  2. Izquierdo, R. 2
  1. 1 Universidad de La Rioja
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    Universidad de La Rioja

    Logroño, España

    ROR https://ror.org/0553yr311

  2. 2 Universidad de Oviedo
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    Universidad de Oviedo

    Oviedo, España

    ROR https://ror.org/006gksa02

Revista:
IEEE Internet Computing

ISSN: 1089-7801

Año de publicación: 2012

Volumen: 16

Número: 1

Páginas: 61-68

Tipo: Artículo

DOI: 10.1109/MIC.2011.81 SCOPUS: 2-s2.0-84855658708 WoS: WOS:000298762600009 GOOGLE SCHOLAR

Otras publicaciones en: IEEE Internet Computing

Resumen

Browser-side templating (BST) is a valid alternative for Web development, even when it comes to building accessible applications. BST processes templates in the browser using a JavaScript-coded engine, providing significant performance improvements and making model-view separation a reality. However, it also has significant drawbacks. BST's dependence on JavaScript affects its accessibility and hides the delivered pages' content from search engines, hampering Web visibility. The authors confront this dilemma and propose a technique that lets BST be accessible and semantically crawlable, while preserving its advantages. © 2006 IEEE.