"We need to use [insert-framework-of-the-day]!" is the typical answer when asking for a light web single page application (SPA).

It doesn't need to be that way, Paul and myself shared in a recent webinar.

Serving the long tail

Long Tail Apps tend to be outside of IT control, since they bypass the (usually heavy) standup of an IT development project.

That standup could be way lighter, when your application just consists of one html file, one css file, one js file, one manifest and (optionally) one or more image files as well as a definded point of deployment.

The typical objection goes: "But it is never one HTML file, I need a login, a list and a form in read and edit mode"

template to the rescue

The <template> element is part of the WebComponents specification and it is useful in simple SPA applications.