title: What is the simplest back-end setup for a web application?
body: <p>As a total beginner, I would like to concentrate on polishing the front-end of the web-game I am trying to build. But the game will have about 5000-10000 different pieces of text that I need to match to the player's attributes. I need to somehow emit these snippets in JSON form to the browser. How to keep it short and simple?</p>
  
  <p>FYI, it's a card game, so turn based and read-only. This means very small load on the server. Just the html/js/css and the JSON string a couple of times a minute per player. I considered CouchDB upon hearing that I can use Javascript for its views and such, but before investing any more time into it, I'd like to learn about other options. I'd rather be playing the game already than spend weeks learning back-end programming.</p>
  
  <p>EDIT: The text snippets all have certain requirements. The player's data is kept in the session data. If the player is weak or axeless, there can be no smashing. </p>
  
  <pre><code>{ 'action':'You smash you opponents head!',
    'player1': {
        'equipment': 'axe',
        'strength': 3
  }
  </code></pre>
  
  <p>So, in addition to storing, I then need to also sieve out all the actions that fit the requirements and then choose one at random that will be sent to the client.</p>