Embrace the frontend revolution

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Argues that replacing monolithic server‑rendered apps with HTML5 apps + REST APIs speeds deployment and scaling, showing a working HTML5 casino games platform (play.com) that runs on mobiles. Recommends client‑side MVC with Angular/Backbone/Ember, developer tools like Yeoman/Grunt/Bower for fast scaffolding and live reload, and stateless auth using JSON Web Token instead of server sessions. Presents a Grails backend + SPA demo, claims parallel front‑end/back‑end teams, easier API reuse, and improved dev velocity and scalability.

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1. 0:00Introduction
2. 4:50What is a frontend developer
3. 16:00Architecture
4. 19:45restful
5. 20:30stateless
6. 26:32single page applications
7. 27:37REST API
8. 29:10Demo

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