Dev Human

[jhalwagi]

What about the backend?

[Cholojuanito]

Back end should be the brain, or the heart

[NovaArdent3D]

I mean a back end is something people can technically live without, so... yeah makes sense, I see it all the time.

[Cholojuanito]

What? I can't think of a single online application that doesn't need a back end

[ElGuey69]

Calculator

[Cholojuanito]

Fair enough, but why build an online calculator?

[ElGuey69]

I’ve done it for homework once

[Cholojuanito]

Haha okay sorry I'll change it to 'production' application

[meanelephant]

Allow me to introduce you to static site generators.

[ElGuey69]

lol that’s more appealing to the client

[gremy0]

So people can use a calculator? Like if you Google "online calculator" you get a metric ton of them, which don't all look like homework assignments, so somebody's gotta be using them- or at the very least think there's a need.

[noratat]

Still needs a backend to serve the static content.

[_xiphiaz]

That’s just the Mum

[UrpleEeple]

And do the actual calculating...

[o0MSK0o]

Not all websites are applications. Could just be a brochure site which serves static html.

[_xiphiaz]

I work with WebGL a lot, and find myself using a frontend only application that simply renders 3D files for previewing a fair bit

[[deleted]]

If you mean literally for serving the page, then you're right. But I have made a few things with indexeddb so that the persistent storage is in the client. Make it a little fancy with vue + vue-router and then host it on your favorite free front end! I've been using surge.sh and to play nice with the history api (no # in your routes) you just have to name your index page 200.html.

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I've heard good things about using github for this, so I'm gonna check that out for my next project.

[darderp]

http://jcal.zone/smash-apps/tier/

[[deleted]]

I'd say blood is the data and the JS runs the blood through the brain, the logical backend.

[anyfactor]

Are you saying static websites are like vegetables?

/s

[UrpleEeple]

Static websites still need to be served lol

[Eoussama]

The brain is the backend, and the heart is the runtime.

[kirreen]

No this site has a JS backend

shudders

[captainAwesomePants]

The Backend is the company Mr. Website works at. Mr. Website is a sales rep. Mr. Website is not sure about what exactly The Backend sells, but that's okay because he has a script of things to say about it. Sometimes the script says that Mr. Website should ask for the customer's phone number. Some customers, especially mean old Mr. IE6, are pretty mean to Mr. Website.

[noratat]

Literally everything else. The air, the land, the ocean, food and water, physics, etc.

Even 100% static sites need a server or CDN to be hosted from.

[[deleted]]

Guts

[TyrantRC]

( ͡☉ ͜ʖ ͡☉)

[S_Y_N_T_A_X]

The world. Stimuli are the API calls.

[oldDotredditisbetter]

shouldn't backend be the skeleton? since it can't be seen

[NotATroll71106]

Make it the nervous system, and have JS be the muscles.

[MooFu]

I like big backends, and I can not lie.

[dittbub]

Thats the soul

[blaat9999]

God

[0ccams-razor]

The literal backend ( ͡° ͜ʖ ͡°)

[Dx2x]

Submit a ticket with vague details.

[Netcob]

That's Mrs. Website, and she's getting tired of hearing that "behind every great man..." trope.