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Backbone/JQuery, ExtJs 4… is there something else worth looking?

Im currently evaluating a front-end architecture for a big app that will be developed by a team of about 6 developers + 1 web designer so that said, having a robust SVN friendly architecture is a ...
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How would you represent an object that can be of multiple types, when storing it as a document in MongoDB?

Somewhat related to this question, say that I have an object category which, depending on which type of object I have, has different restrictions on what it contains. (if you can reword the previous ...
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How would you architect an application which is largely a collection of flowcharts?

I am working with a history teacher on a history app. He has like 200 flowcharts that he wants to put into the app (among other things). The two likeliest-looking ways to do it: HTML/CSS. The big ...
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What is the best technology for a TRULY portable REST client

I develop a suite of productivity tools, for Mac, iOS and Windows. They all communicate with a sync server via a RESTful interface (using Protocol Buffers), but as we add new platforms, we realize the ...
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Are JavaScript MVC Frameworks only for 'single-page' apps?

I've been looking into several of the JavaScript MVC Frameworks (Backbone.js, Spine, SproutCore,etc.) and it seems to me that all of these are designed to act as 'single-page' applications. All of the ...
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Writing a game engine using javascript

..by this I mean a logic handler for a chess game. Basically validating a move and checking if somebody has won. Now ignore the complexity of the game(if you can..) I'd like some sort of psuedo code ...
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Does anyone have suggestions for design or open source libraries specifically for a single page AJAX application?

I'm working on a major new version of a browser based application and I'm looking for comments/suggestions about the architecture/design. It's a single page application using AJAX and client side ...
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Moving all UI logic to Client Side?

Our team originally consisted of mostly server side developers with minimum expertise in Javascript. In ASP.NET we used to write a lot of UI logic in code-behind or more recently through controllers ...