FACETS is a fully OO, pattern-based, MVC-compliant framework for rich web applications.

FACETS provides built-in solutions for bookmarking, forward/back button behavior, state and session management, and conservation of HTTP requests in an integrated, optimized, and extensible framework. Its design also facilitates rapid prototyping by decoupling the front-end and back-end development of your web solution.

There are no restrictions or requirements for the server-side implementation of FACETS beyond the exposure of a REST or SOAP interface, and the client-side implementation is fully cross-platform and cross-browser compatible.

Features include:

• Client-side object data store
• Client-side session management to stateless server-side code
• Online/offline capabilities
• Easy namespace accommodation of custom business objects
• MVC page construction to keep logic out of HTML

FACETS is created and maintained by Corey Ehmke (www.idolhands.com) and provided under the GNU Lesser General Public License.