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I want to develop an online browser game in HTML and Javascript, just like this one: http://play.typeracer.com/.

I am new to these technologies, so pardon me for any vague questions:

  1. What should be my front-end programming choices ?
  2. What should be my back-end programming choices in Java ?
  3. Is netty framework the best for controling connection between client-server ?
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Sorry for any inconvenience. i do not have much experience in game programming. Simply,I just want to hear some advices in building the server side: there're so many choices such as: Spring, struts,JSF bla..bla.. – viet thang Jul 24 '12 at 3:44

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As Kylotan already said, this isn't really SE material... But I'm gonna give you a few pointers anyway. Also, you tagged your question both with Java and Javascript. Those are two absolutely separate programming languages ran on different platforms and with little, except the name, in common. Please do not confuse them. I'll assume that you mean Javascript, and answer+retag your question accordingly.


On both ends (server and client) you can use Javascript.

On the server side, Javascript is ran by Node.js.
In the browser, use the canvas element to draw things.
For communication between the two, use Socket.io.

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