Jeff Fohl

I am imagining the server will have some REST-like features, but it will probably be just GET. Why would you need PUT, if we are just reading CSV files?

The server I am imagining will be pretty basic. It will handle the following functions: - Serving static files (index.html, JS, CSS, etc.) - Handling files on the local file...

All that said, if we can define an abstract purpose for the server outside of the needs of this particular app, we could make it a separate project/repo.

Yes, your understanding is correct. And yes, it will solve the problem of avoiding the need to re-read the entire file each time it is updated. We will be able...

One thing that this brings up is that the experience will differ depending on whether the app is hosted locally or remotely (e.g. on a public web server). If the...

Something that I forgot about is that the FileReader interface won't give you any information about the file other than its size and name. It won't tell us the local...

So, I've been thinking this over, and I don't see a solution that would involve using the "Browse..." button to allow the user to locate a local file and load...

@breznak - Yes, this is all being done for the monitoring support. What we do depends on what the typical use case is. If this app is most typically run...

I am not sure what you mean - you want to make the server optional?

It is more work. We have to have a server to serve the static resources anyway, so I don't see a benefit at this time. If, in the future, there...