Web Assets
Explore key strategies for managing web assets in distributed systems, including cache busting, session affinity, and versioning to maintain stability and compatibility during deployments. Understand best practices for serving static assets and minimizing user disruption.
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Assets compatibility
The database isn’t the only place where versions matter. If our application includes any kind of user interface, then we have other assets to worry about: images, style sheets, and JavaScript files. In today’s applications, front-end asset versions are very tightly coupled to back-end application changes. It’s vital to ensure that users receive assets that are compatible with the back-end instance they will interact with. We must address three major concerns:
- Cache-busting
- Versioning
- Session affinity
Static assets
Static assets should always have far-future cache expiration ...