Isomorphic JavaScript is code that can run on both the server and the client. The benefits of this are that the initial page can be rendered server-side to improve page-load times, with the JavaScript also being loaded client-side to enable dynamic updates. The recommended stack is;

• Code written in React
• The static site generator Gatsby to implement
  • The first implementation of this was in the prospectus repo.
  • As part of the build process static HTML files are generated for each page.
  • The Discovery Scale pod are currently tasked with looking into the scaleability of this approach (to enable regeneration of pages based on updates to external data).
• The server generated code assumes logged out users

  • The componentDidMount method is utilized to update the pages with any user specific information.