The difference is that your application server doesn't render HTML; there is no view that produces HTML and sends it as the HTTP response. It's just flat HTML, served up by a generic web server.
This means, among other things, you don't need server-side URL routing or templates. (You need routing for the REST layer, but that can usually be dynamically generated.)
It's just a much stricter separation: the client deals with view logic and HTML and all that, the server deals with pure business logic behind defined interfaces and data formats.
This means, among other things, you don't need server-side URL routing or templates. (You need routing for the REST layer, but that can usually be dynamically generated.)
It's just a much stricter separation: the client deals with view logic and HTML and all that, the server deals with pure business logic behind defined interfaces and data formats.