Ext JS is more and more about to find its natural complement with node.js and its very luxuriant ecosystem (expressjs, async, nosql databases, ...). This combination allows building lean and flexible backends or middleends, using very few resources. Indeed, the user experience Ext JS provides associated to the fact that this requires only one single language helps to deliver strong and powerful solutions, with a short timetomarket. We will mainly present a business case based on a Raspberry Pi (25$ computer) that delivers a Ext JS 5 application to tablets, both exchanging data through web sockets.