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RailsConf 2016 - Turbolinks 5: I Can’t Believe It’s Not Native! by Sam Stephenson

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What it is

Sam Stephenson's RailsConf 2016 talk on Turbolinks 5, showing how small teams can ship fast Rails apps in the browser and hybrid iOS and Android apps sharing one set of web views.

Why Hacker News recommends it

Repeatedly urged on people choosing a stack, as a case against heavy SPA complexity and for shared web and native code.

  • 6 people recommended it
  • 10 different months
  • 7 strong recommendations
  • first 2017, last 2020

What HN commenters said

  1. “Take a look at this presentation by Sam Stephenson, it will be worth your while”

    Case against heavy front-end complexity

    trcollinson, 2017-12 · Strong recommendation · in “Modern Front-end in Rails”

  2. “I recommend the whole talk (turn it up to 1.5x speed, of course)”

    Shows how the SPA path leads to complexity

    peteforde, 2018-07 · Strong recommendation · in “Escaping the SPA rabbit hole with modern Rails”

  3. “This talk at RailsConf 2016 is really an eye opener.”

    SPA-style development the Rails way

    thrownaway954, 2019-03 · Strong recommendation · in “I Miss Rails”

  4. “I highly recommend this talk on managing the complexity of basecamp and sharing a codebase between web and native apps.”

    Managing complexity and sharing a codebase between web and native

    andrei_says_, 2018-03 · Recommendation · in “Ask HN: Benefits of front-end JavaScript frameworks?”

  5. “Supports Rails plus Turbolinks over an SPA”

    fouc, 2019-02 · Recommendation · in “Ask HN: What tech stack would you use to build an open-source Google Keep clone?”

  6. “this Turbolinks presentation makes a strong case to be used for mobile apps.”

    Case for Turbolinks-based mobile apps for Rails developers

    elamje, 2020-04 · Recommendation · in “Ask HN: What stack should I use for my mobile app?”

Excerpts from Hacker News comments, linked to the originals. Summaries and labels were written by a language model from those comments.

Topics: turbolinks, rails, basecamp, hybrid mobile apps, spa alternatives

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