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Isomorphic JavaScript Is All Wrong

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March 25, 2015
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Isomorphic JavaScript Is All Wrong

Tongue in cheek talk about the term isomorphism and why it doesn't apply to your JavaScript code.

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March 25, 2015
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Transcript

  1. ISOMORPHIC JS IS ALL Wrong Philipp Krenn, @xeraa

  2. None

  3. Isomorphic JavaScript apps are JavaScript applications that can run both

    client-side and server-side. The backend and frontend share the same code. — http://isomorphic.net

  4. IDEA !

  5. TERM !

  6. None

  7. The word derives from the Greek iso, meaning "equal," and

    morphosis, meaning "to form" or "to shape." — http://mathworld.wolfram.com/Isomorphism.html

  8. Formally, an isomorphism is bijective morphism. — http://mathworld.wolfram.com/Isomorphism.html

  9. Informally, an isomorphism is a map that preserves sets and

    relations among elements. "A is isomorphic to B" is written A ≅ B. — http://mathworld.wolfram.com/Isomorphism.html
  10. None

  11. MAYBE YOUR JS IS ENVIRONMENT AGNOSTIC AND THE ENVIRONMENTS ARE

    ISOMORPHIC

  12. LESS FANCY Identical JS

  13. CONCLUSION JS IS NOT ISOMORPHIC FEAR DRIVEN MATH WORKS