Difference between Client side paging and Server side paging

Hi!

Server side pagination is better for:

Large data set

Faster initial page load

Accessibility for those not running JavaScript

Complex view business logic

Resilience to concurrent changes

Client side pagination is better for:

Small data set

Faster subsequent page loads

Sort & filter requirements supported fully (unless results greater than max size).

Doing it on client side will make your user download all the data at first which might not be needed, and will remove the primary benefit of pagination.

The best way to do so for such kind of AJAX apps is to make AJAX call the server for next page and add update the current page using client side script.

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Ankur Jain12y ago
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Hi!

Server side pagination is better for:

Large data set
Faster initial page load
Accessibility for those not running JavaScript
Complex view business logic
Resilience to concurrent changes

Client side pagination is better for:

Small data set
Faster subsequent page loads
Sort & filter requirements supported fully (unless results greater than max size).

Doing it on client side will make your user download all the data at first which might not be needed, and will remove the primary benefit of pagination.

The best way to do so for such kind of AJAX apps is to make AJAX call the server for next page and add update the current page using client side script.