backend

Media editing backend

Hi, I am trying to develop a web based application for editing videos, like joining videos with transitions in between, overlaying the videos, using chroma key etc. The architecture I am looking for is like - there will be a front end (like you tube editor) where the user can have the drag drop interface. And the actual processing and m...

Lone programmer do front-end back-end together or one after another

I use PHP with CodeIgniter(MVC framework). My Question is fairly simple. What according to you is the better approach while working with a slightly complicated website. After planning, and listing all the small and big features of the website and where they are going to be and planning out the tables and columns for the database. I wou...

Website Architecture Question

If our website's backend is expose via apis (secured and everything) , is it a good idea to develop the website only in JQuery? Like one commenter said, JQuery will be calling the API's. Edit again: The entire idea behind this is to achieve scaleability. For example, the same api's could then be used on Mobile or something else. ...

Is there a Google Search API I can call, server-side, no strings attached?

I would like to use Google Search to power my site search, without having to use Google-supplied JavaScript or overly-specific (if they need me to say “Powered by Google,” that’s fine). I don’t want to send users to Google’s domain, and I don’t want them to see a Google Custom Search logo. Is there an API for this? ...

How to register a new LLVM backend?

I'm developing a very basic new LLVM backend for a RISC machine (named Risco), based on the existing Sparc backend and this tutorial. To register the backend, I've used the following. At RiscoTargetMachine.cpp: extern "C" void LLVMInitializeRiscoTarget() { // Register the target. RegisterTargetMachine<RiscoSimulatorTargetMachi...

Java as back-end platform. Good choice?

Hello, My company is about to start building the back-end for one of our new products. The idea is to build a layer that produces resources for every upper layer product (web site, mobile web site, mobile application), also, a significant part of it will be made available as an API for third party developers. You know, the typical start...

What is the simplest back-end setup for a web application?

As a total beginner, I would like to concentrate on polishing the front-end of the web-game I am trying to build. But the game will have about 5000-10000 different pieces of text that I need to match to the player's attributes. I need to somehow emit these snippets in JSON form to the browser. How to keep it short and simple? FYI, it's ...

Backend shared between sites - best method

I have a php backend which is to be used by multiple sites on a server I control. Now rather than having an individual copy in each web root, what is the best method to have each site work from 1 shared backend? (For easy updating of the backend, etc) ...

Using google search API services in the backend using C#

I'm trying to use the google search API services in the backend using C#. I know there is ajax api that you can use with javascript. so what is the similar thing in C# so I can use it at the backend level. I know that I can do it this way: var searchTerm = "Paris"; var web = new WebClient(); web.Headers.Add("Referrer", "http://localho...

Need Compilers on Server

Hello, I'm looking to build a web service that can compile some entered code (probably C/Java) and can run some tests on it. What kind of design should I follow? What compiler can I place on my server to do the job? Recommendations? Pros? Cons? ...