The backend tag has no usage guidance.
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BaaS or developing back-end from scratch
I am starting to develop a small cross-platform chat app (Android, iOS, Windows, web). I decided to use Xamarin to re-use the code as much as possible, however I don't know if I should use BaaS or ...
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Should REST APIs contain the ability to dispatch email?
When building a service that uses both a back-end REST API, and (a) front-end application(s), is it proper to build into that API the ability to dispatch email?
Take Twitter for example; for those ...
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Using multiple languages
I currently have a website running PHP laravel. We came to a point where we want to add a user-backend -- where users sign-up and can access functions when logging in.
My question is; Is it possible ...
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Methods of separating front and back-end with full stack javascript?
Suppose I have a front-end which is mostly a single-page application written using angular, grunt, and bower. And suppose I have a backend, which is mostly just a REST API sitting on top of an ORM, ...
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Is having only static pages calling the backend a good idea?
I'm new to web applications development, specially when it comes to frontend, but as I understood, a typical structure for a big application would have a frontend php (or equivalent) layer calling the ...
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Web Services vs Server Side Methods
With all the front end development frameworks now available. I'd like to know if the generally accepted protocol is for a back end service to simply provide web services for the front end to consume?
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Laravel Algorithm for taxi app
I am trying to write a backend for a taxi service (university assignment) and I am stuck on the algorithm.
whenever a new client posts a request, all the taxi drivers nearby get an email notification ...
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What are the advantages of a 'traditional' 'backend' architecture for a standard CRUD app? [closed]
In the past few years, 'client-side' web applications have become popular. A common approach nowadays is to have the backend as thin as possible, mostly exposing an API for the client-side Javascript ...
