Lightweight websites with F#

There are several common approaches I’ve seen people take on the .NET platform when writing web-based applications that I want to review in terms of language and framework choice: –

• Adopt a conventional MVC application approach. Write static HTML that is emitted from the server using e.g. Razor markup + C# / VB .NET, write your controllers and any back-end logic in C#.
• As above, but replace your back-end logic with F#. This is a reasonable first step to take, because essentially all your data access “back-end” processing are performed in a language that it’s best suited for, whilst your C# is relegated to essentially thin controllers and some simple markup logic.
• Adopt a “SPA”-style approach. But this I mean split your web application into two distinct applications – a client-side application that is self-managing, typically using Javascript and some framework like Knockout or AngularJS; meanwhile your back-end is a…