Again, it's not feasible within the scope of a single chapter to implement an application with a single framework that would satisfy all readers. Even a cross-platform language such as Python would require a rather lengthy exploration into setting up a development environment and exploring a web framework and its components.

Java and .NET are quite popular platforms, but require a fair bit of tooling support to get these platforms up and running. Focusing exclusively on one of these platforms would almost certainly alienate a significant number of readers. And, of course, there are differences across Windows, Linux, and Mac OS X.

Instead, we'll focus on the general principles and patterns of Couchbase SDK development. We'll explore constructs that will be broadly applicable to developing a Couchbase application, regardless of your development environment.

Also, we won't dig into any particular web framework but will discuss general web development patterns. Chances are that...