Where did the OO go? Views Should be Objects Too!

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Claim: render one set of templates on server and client by splitting view into a plain-data Perspectives gem object and a mustache templates file. Prototype RailsGenius demo loads snippets without full-page reloads, serves HTML for crawlers, and sends JSON for incremental updates. Comparison names Rendr/node and Turbolinks and shows tradeoffs. Specific wins: enforces separation of view logic into testable objects, enables structured JSON transport, and produces predictable cache keys so nested fragments expire correctly. RailsGenius demo validates the approach.

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1. 0:00Start
2. 2:23The Holy Grail of the web
3. 14:59Lowest common denominator
4. 19:04Mustache - "tags"
5. 21:35Perspective
6. 26:43Separation of concerns
7. 27:19#2: Testing
8. 28:13#3: Caching

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