Client-side minimal download and simulated page navigation features

A method comprising:

• receiving, by a client computing device, a payload comprising delta data in response to a navigation request for an electronic page;
• parsing, by the client computing device, the delta data for the electronic page;
• updating, by the client computing device, page contents for the electronic page based on the received delta data;
• determining that a page state of the baseline electronic page matches a state of the electronic page returned from a full page load, wherein determining that the page state of the baseline electronic page matches a state of the electronic page returned from the full page load comprises:
• simulating running a load event on script file objects on the electronic page, and
• simulating firing the load event on the electronic page;
• determining, by the client computing device, whether one or more errors are associated with a page load process for the electronic page;
• in response to determining one or more errors are associated with the page load process performing at least one of the following:
• reloading the baseline electronic page and updating the page contents of the reloaded baseline electronic page based on the delta data, and
• loading a different baseline electronic page than the baseline page previously associated with the electronic page and updating the page contents of the different baseline electronic page based on the delta data;
• managing, by the client computing device, a hash portion of a uniform resource locator (URL) to track a current location in a navigation of the electronic page, including enabling multiple page components to use the hash portion of the URL to identify a current state of the electronic page and to filter, based on the identified current state, a set of content in the delta data to those portions that have changed or to be updated;
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• updating the hash portion of the URL to match the URL of the electronic page.

A computer-readable hardware storage device comprising computer-executable instructions which, when executed by a computing device, will cause the computing device to perform a method comprising:

• receiving a payload comprising delta data in response to a navigation request for an electronic page;
• parsing the delta data for the electronic page;
• updating page contents for the electronic page based on the received delta data;
• determining that a page state of the electronic page matches a state of an electronic page returned from a full page load, wherein determining that the page state of the electronic page matches a state of an electronic page returned from a full page load comprises:
• simulating running a load event on script file objects on the electronic page;
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• simulating firing the load event on the electronic page;
• determining whether one or more errors are associated with a page load process for the electronic page;
• in response to determining one or more errors are associated with the page load process performing at least one of the following:
• reloading the baseline electronic page and updating the page contents of the reloaded baseline electronic page based on the delta data, and
• loading a different baseline electronic page than the baseline page previously associated with the electronic page and updating the page contents of the different baseline electronic page based on the delta data;
• managing a fragment identifier portion of a uniform resource locator (URL) to track a current location in a navigation of the electronic page, including enabling multiple page components to use the fragment identifier portion of the URL to identify a current state of the electronic page and to filter, based on the identified current state, a set of content in the delta data to those portions that have changed or to be updated;
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• updating the fragment identifier portion of the URL to match the URL of the electronic page.