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State in web applications

The prevailing strategy of writing web applications is to write server-side code that renders the interface in full. Dynamic interaction, when needed, is achieved by playing tricks with the DOM using frameworks like jQuery or Backbone, but the majority of interactions happen via following links and receiving pages from the server. I’ll call this the…

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Advanced REST/API Resources

I recently wrote a small wrapper for the Flickr API in backbone.js. I found the Flickr API to be a little strange but very consistent in its strangeness. When developing a web-based application, thinking about your API can help demystify design and responsibility of controllers, models, routes etc. Here are a few resources I’ve found…

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