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SharePoint 2013 Minimal Download Strategy (MDS) and JavaScript

SharePoint 2013 Minimal Download Strategy and JavaScript SharePoint is growing rapidly, and Microsoft is putting lots of effort in making it faster, better and more user friendly. Minimal Download Strategy (MDS) and Client-Side Rendering (CSR) are big steps to achieve these goals. Minimal Download Strategy (MDS) reduces data download on each page. When a user requests a page, only the changes are downloaded and not the whole page. It seems that SharePoint is soon going to be a single page application where all your content will load on a single master page. You can identify MDS by these ugly looking URLs in SharePoint: "https://test684.sharepoint.com/_layouts/15/start.aspx#/Lists/TimeCard_Jayant%20Rimza/DispForm.aspx?ID=12&Source=https%3A%2F%2Ftest684%2Esharepoint%2Ecom%2FLists%2FTimeCard%5FJayant%2520Rimza%2Fcalendar%2Easpx”. It is possible to enable and disable MDS in SharePoint 2013. For more information on MDS and how to enable and disable it, refer to http://msd...