title: Front-end JavaScript program
body: <p>I am relatively new to web development. If you are creating a front-end JS application, is it always the case that a page refresh incurs a new JavaScript program? Is it possible to keep the same JavaScript runtime going during a page reload? I know there are many solutions to persist the data on the front-end before/during/after page reloads...but what about the entire front-end program? I know single-page-applications are a solution to this, but I am specifically curious about maintaining the same JavaScript runtime after a page reload/refresh.</p>
  
  <p>It seems that with HTML5 apps like Chrome Apps or Cordova apps, this is doesn't require page refreshes because they are not used in a browser. That being said, why isn't it possible to disable page refreshes or find a way to not have to reload a front-end JS program when someone visits your website and (accidentally) refreshes the page etc?</p>