Best practice for create/update operation

[khmurach]

I wrote this post as a demo for MVC Architecture Guide.
And I have a question:

Which is the best practice for create/update operations:
model.set(values) & store.sync()
or
form.post() & store.load()?

[vietits]

It will depend on each specific situation. I myself often use the first way because it will generate only one request to server (updating record only) while the second way will generate two requests (updating record and loading grid data).

[khmurach]

Vietits, thanks, for reply.
In first way, server should return only created/updated records?

[vietits]

Yes. I often reduce the volume of transfered data by:
- With creating request, I return success response with only id of newly created record, not the whole record, e.g {success: true, root: [{id: <ID of new record>}]}. This is used to update the id of newly created record in the grid.
- With updating request, I return success respone with no data, e.g {success: true}.

[khmurach]

Vietits, thanks for tips. One more question: if i use paging by 20 items, newly added item will be added as 21th to current page of grid. Is it right?

[vietits]

Yes, that's right.