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How do I properly organize JavaScript files for web development?

I am fairly new to web development and have been trying to figure out the best way to organize my JavaScript files for the front-end. The first approach I started with was "one JavaScript file ...
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2 answers
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Store static data in public folder as json file or directly in .js file?

I'm busy working on a website – somewhat new to this – and I don't quite know where I should store static data: in the public folder as a separate json file, or within the .js file as an object. In ...
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2 answers
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Should a client / server share error codes?

I am in two minds about sharing client / server errors codes. We are writing both ends of the system, if our API was external this would not be possible, but that requirement is very unlikely. So an ...
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Choosing the right architecture for my web application

I've started working on my web application and I'm stuck at the design stage. I cannot decide which web technologies would be the most suited to this project. Let me explain what I want to achieve: 1)...
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Best Practices: URL Path Parameters [closed]

What's the current best practice around path parameters in URLs? For instance /artist/name A long time ago I might have made artist.html and then passed in a query parameter /artist.html?name=name ...
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7 votes
3 answers
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Reuse already fetched data for request

I have action that fetches user model from db to check access. Then I have method that in some cases requires same model. function checkAccess(req, res, next) { var data = Data.fetch(req.params....
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6 answers
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How safe are hidden AJAX requests that fake performance?

What is a hidden AJAX request? I've noticed an increase in the usage of hidden AJAX requests designed to make a user's action appear to happen immediately. I'll refer to this type of AJAX request as ...
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5 votes
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Does anyone have suggestions for design or open source libraries specifically for a single page AJAX application? [closed]

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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Javascript, Text Annotations and Ideas

I am very curious to hear input from others on a problem I've been contemplating for some time now. Essentially I would like to present a user with a text document and allow him/her to make ...
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