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What is REST (in simple English)
Lately I have become interested in familiarizing myself with REST. I tried reading wiki entry on REST, but it was of no help. I would really appreciate it if someone can explain in simple English ...
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Haskell web frameworks survey
There are several web frameworks for Haskell like Happstack, Snap, and Yesod, and probably a few more.
In what aspects do they differ from each other? For example:
features (e.g. server only, or ...
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Explain Model View Controller
My experience with developing dynamic websites is limited mostly to Java servlets. I've used Tomcat to develop various Java servlets, and I wouldn't hesitate to say that I'm reasonably proficient ...
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How do you organize your MVC framework while supporting modules/plugins? [closed]
There are a two main codebase structures that I have seen when it comes to MVC frameworks. The problem is that they both seem to have an organisational bug that goes with them.
Standard MVC
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Erlang web frameworks survey [closed]
(Inspired by similar question on Haskel)
There are several web frameworks for Erlang like Nitrogen, Chicago Boss, and Zotonic, and a few more.
In what aspects do they differ from each other? For ...
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Are Ruby on Rails / Grails the fastest frameworks for getting sites up quickly?
I'm considering using Grails for a new website, but am open to other/new programming languages and frameworks. I have done development using J2EE/JSF2, ASP.NET, and PHP. Is Grails or Ruby on Rails ...
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How do I make sense of the javascript frameworks explosion ? Should I learn them all?
For a beginner web developer who is still doing web development the conventional way (PHP/J2EE/Struts on server side, HTML/CSS/Javascript on client side), I was bowled over by the recent blog post on ...
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Ur/Web new purely functional language for web programming?
I came across the Ur/Web project during my search for web frameworks for Haskell-like languages. It looks like a very interesting project done by one person.
Basically, it is a domain-specific purely ...
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The C++ web stack, is there one?
Java would be jsps and servlets (or a framework such as Spring) running on the JVM and tomcat (or glassfish etc).
C# would be asp and C# running on dot.net framework and IIS ? (I have no experience ...
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With PHP frameworks, why is the “route” concept used?
The reason I ask this is because isn't a PHP script a route? For example, if you have an article.php then your route is simply http://mysite.com/article.php.
Why further abstract away the concept of ...
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Web framework for iPad and common desktop browsers?
We are developing a web-based, commercial point-of-sale application. We'd like the same web site to work well on an Ipad as well a desktop browsers. We're looking for a web framework that makes the ...
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Rush to client-side in web development
In the past few months, I recognized a big excitement about client-side scripting in web development. But while server-side technologies are mature, stable and well accepted by backend-developers, ...
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Was it necessary to build this site in ASP.NET?
From what I'm told, the whole StackOverflow/StackExchange 'stack' is based on Microsoft's ASP.NET. SO and the SE sites are probably the most complex that I visit on a regular basis. There's a lot ...
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What's the web framework to use on a front-end web application?
What do you consider a good client web framework to use on interface business application? jQuery? YUI!? Another? Some plugins useful?
The application will be use mostly internally replacing a ...
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Website development from scratch v/s web framework
Do people develop websites from scratch when there are no particular requirements or they just pick up an existing web framework like Drupal, Joomla, WordPress, etc.
The requirements are almost ...
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Should web browsers include popular web framework libraries?
What reasons are there for web browsers to not have a library of popular web frameworks.
For example if a web page included jQuery, why shouldn't the browser have it's own static version, which is ...
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Is JSF really ready to deliver high performance web applications?
I have heard a lot of good about JSF but as far as I know people also had lots of serious complains with this technology in the past, not aware of how much the situation has improved. We are ...
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PHP and Ruby: how to leverage both? and, is it worth it?
As you might have noticed from the title, this is not a "PHP or Ruby", or a "PHP vs. Ruby" question. This is a question on how to leverage PHP + Ruby in the same business.
I myself am a PHP ...
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REST API rule about tunneling
Just read this in the REST API Rulebook: GET and POST must not be used to tunnel other request methods.
Tunneling refers to any abuse of HTTP that masks or misrepresents a message’s intent and ...
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If you got to rebuild Pandora from scratch, what technology stack would you choose?
Requirements:
many different user experiences: website, mobile, etc.
user management, registration, roles
large amount of music metadata
genome search that finds closest music
public and private ...
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Which framework for HTML5 mobile web app?
I used to be an iPhone app developer. Now there are frequent enquires on cross-platform mobile app. So I look for a web based solution and find Sencha Touch. Are there more options? What's your ...
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When to use shared libraries for a web framework?
tl;dr:
I've found myself hosting a bunch of sites running on the same web framework (symfony 1.4). Would it be helpful if I moved all of the shared library code into the same directory and shared it ...
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Javascript frameworks for large development teams
My company is reevaluating what kind of web framework we want to use. We are currently using the Ext 4.0 framework but there are questions being raised that it may not be the right framework to use. ...
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Am I wrong to disagree with A Gentle Introduction to symfony's template best practices?
I am currently learning symfony and going through the book A Gentle Introduction to symfony and came across this section in "Chapter 4: The Basics of Page Creation" on creating templates (or views):
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What micro web-framework has the lowest overhead but includes templating [closed]
I want to rewrite a simple small (10 page) website and besides a contact form it could be written in pure html. It is currently built with classic asp and Dreamweaver templates.
The reason I'm not ...
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Developing With Ruby/Rails Easier, Faster Than Developing With PHP/CakePHP?
What is your experience when developing web applications using one of these two languages/frameworks? Which have you found to be more convenient and faster to develop with?
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Feeds to stay up to date in web development frameworks? [duplicate]
When you start a web development project you have to read a lot, really a lot, specially if you're a noob. As you develop you get outdated. In a 6 months time frame a lot will happen!
You cannot read ...
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Mobile Web Framework that will only control rendering and page transitions [closed]
I have been using jQueryMobile for a bit now, and there are some things I like about it and others I do not.
First I will give a bit of background.
I have a light weight mobile application that has ...
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Web framework able to handle many concurrent users
Social networking sites needs to handle many concurrent users e.g. for chat functionality.
What web frameworks scales well and are able to handle more than 10.000 concurrent users connected with ...
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Can You Make An Entire Website With JavaScript?
I have looked at the aims of Java-script and it intends to provide and enhanced user-interface and dynamic websites. I am trying to get into the Web Development Business and am learning Javascript. ...
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Why is Twitto not secure?
I've come across Twitto, which basically is a web framework that fits in a tweet. It is so short that I can post the code here :
require __DIR__.'/c.php';
if (!is_callable($c = @$_GET['c'] ?: ...
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Detect frameworks and/or CMS utilized on websites in Firefox
I'm redesigning the website for my academic library and am examining other sites to determine to identify the technologies used. Things like:
Web frameworks
Javascript frameworks
Server-side ...
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Suggested Web Application Framework and Database for Enterprise, “Big-Data” App?
I have a web application that I have been developing for a small group within my company over the past few years, using Pipeline Pilot (plus jQuery and Python scripting) for web development and ...
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I'm creating my own scalable, rapid prototyping web server. How should I design it?
I'm going to create my own web server that focuses on scalability, rapid prototyping and the use of JavaScript as the server's scripting language, much like node.js. It will use a ...
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Should I still use a web application framework? [closed]
I'm about to make a simple web application with just image uploading and user management. I'm browsing through several web app frameworks I could use yet I'm still thinking if I should still make use ...
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PHP Framework for RESTful Web Service
I have been going round in circles with this question for days - which is the best PHP framework to use to create a RESTful Web service?
I've trawled the web for info and have come across three main ...
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How to choose a server side language / framework
I am trying to come up with a list / ranking system on determining which server language to choose for a particular website. Assume that familiarity with a certain language is not important and the ...
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How to describe framework/features of a java application for client presentation?
I have been asked to put down the architecture and features of our Java application (more from infrastructure/software point of view). It will go on a Powerpoint presentation, so I need to provide the ...
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How much money do frameworks like Django and RoR generate?
The developers of these frameworks must be generating some kind of money, no? They aren't all just regular old joes with full-time jobs developing web-frameworks in their spare time for the love of ...
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Where should “display functions” live in an MVC web app?
I'm using the Yii Framework which is an MVC php framework that is pretty similar to your standard web-based MVC framework. I want to display the related data from a many-to-many table as a list of ...
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Moving from PHP to Python - framework considerations
As a long time PHP developer, I am now starting to explore the Python world.
I have narrowed the choice of framework down to Django and Pyramid, probably no big surprise there. I have played a bit ...
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Choosing an open source license such that maximum value is added to a startup
There are many companies that produce open source software products, and many business models that these companies can use. I'm particularly interested in companies like 280 North, the company behind ...
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What web development frameworks questions should I include in my thesis? [closed]
I'm busy working for my thesis about Web Development Frameworks. I want to write about frameworks that have been used in the past and frameworks that have a good chance of lasting in the future, such ...
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What does Symfony Framework offer that Zend Framework does not?
I have professionally working with Zend Framework for about a year. No major complaints. With some modifications, it has done a good job. I'm beginning to work on a side project where I want to ...
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From where to start learning Symfony? [closed]
Soon I will start a new project and the demand is to work with Symfony framework. I have a PHP-Drupal background.
From where to start ?
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Python web frameworks comparisons
I recently asked a question on SO about Python web frameworks:
http://stackoverflow.com/questions/4909306/python-web-frameworks-vs-java-web-frameworks-how-is-web-development-in-python-do
I want to ...
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Understanding blocking and non-blocking frameworks
Could someone help me understand what is the difference between the two, far as I understand it when request comes to a blocking framework it creates new thread for that request and processes it, if ...
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Demand of other frameworks in the market. Should a job-seeker go after them?
I have reading about variety of frameworks for web applications like OpenRasta, Django, CodeIgniter etc. It is a passion of developers to dip their hands on any new technology, but from the ...
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Java web UI framework like ASP.NET MVC?
I'm doing some web apps for personal projects that might be shared out with my friends. I'm trying to use skills that will help me at work, but don't have $$ to spend on Visual Studio right now and ...
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Would it make more sense to use a framework to build an commerce site, or build it from the ground up?
Keep in mind, I know PHP as I learned it for this specific project. Also, I thought about just using magento, but as I went through it, I realized I would have to learn their framework. I am very ...
