OpenShift - which type of application choose for only front-end web?

Question

I have only front-end files like - .html , .js and .css .

I want to host them in OpenShift such that they will be in CDN mode .

Which type of application under OpenShift applications should I have to choose in order to browse to these .html via the OpenShift domain ?

The are many options like - JBoss Application Server 7 , PHP 5.3 , Python 2.6 , Ruby 1.9 etc ...

Answer 1

You should use the php-5.3 or php-5.4 cartridge. They will both work just fine with .html, .js, and .css files, you don't have to use PHP with them.

Answer 2

I have a few starter projects available that each include support for serving HTML and static files.

Take your pick:

• PHP - Silex-base
• Nodejs - Restify-base
• Python - Flask-base
• Ruby - Sinatra-base

PHP will work great. I usually use Nodejs so that I can take advantage of npm libraries, and so I can use javascript-based build tasks to help optimize my client-side code (browserify, grunt, etc).

Good luck!