In this Hasty Treat, Scott and Wes talk about updating web apps that have running for a long time — the problems to look out for and how to avoid them.
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Show Notes 01:54 - The problem
This only affects the client-side
05:28 - What are some solutions:
Do nothing and hope the user refreshes.
Have a list of assets, or commit hashes. Poll the server periodically, and when there is a new version available: Prompt the user to refresh
Just refresh the user (store current state in localstorage and restore)
Do a custom component, that checks the last time the user has refreshed (or if new version if available). When they click the link, render a regular instead of a pushstate link.
Use a service worker. They will emit an event when a new version is available. Use the above methods to refresh the user.
Hot code push. Vuepress has “hot reloading” baked in.
Links https://twitter.com/wesbos/status/1306969658751361024
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