Manipulation of browser dom on server

A server that includes at least one processor circuit and memory, comprising:

• a server-side DOM (document object model) manager configured to manage a server-side DOM at the server for a web application, the server-side DOM manager configured to modify the server-side DOM in response to instructions from server-side application code defining the web application;
• a change tracker configured to track modifications made to the server-side DOM by the server-side DOM manager, and to provide indications of the tracked modifications to a client computing device that includes a browser that renders a client-side DOM corresponding to the server-side DOM, the browser configured to implement the tracked modifications in the client-side DOM;
• and
• a server-side event manager configured to receive event indications associated with the client-side DOM from the browser, and provide the event indications to the server-side application code, the server-side application code generating the instructions based at least on the event indications.

A computing device, comprising:

• at least one processor circuit;
• and
• a memory that stores program code configured to be executed by the at least one processor circuit to perform operations, the operations including:
• receiving an event indication associated with a client-side DOM (document object model) from a client-side event manager at a client computing device, the client-side DOM rendered in a browser at the client computing device and corresponding to a server-side DOM at the server;
• providing the received event indication to server-side application code defining a web application to which the client-side DOM corresponds;
• receiving an instruction generated based on the event indication by the server-side application code;
• modifying the server-side DOM in response to the instruction;
• and
• providing an indication of the modification to a client-side DOM manager at the client computing device to apply to the client-side DOM.