Is this layout awesome, or not a good idea?

[sridharan.s]

There’s quite a bit of discussion in the forum on this topic. Here’s one thread that discusses the pros and cons, for example:

Architecture layout best practice: one page with multiple functions/groups vs multiple pages

I’ve been working on a multiple page web app where each page has a distinct function (client management, scheduling, etc). And am at the point of tieing them together with a side menu. As I struggle with spacing and formatting issues the thought occurred to me that I could create one page with the side menu that hides or shows functionality groups based on the menu option selected. is there a performance, security or design preference to either approach. From a design side I could see the imp…