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Building Large-Scale jQuery Applications

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Re: Building Large-Scale jQuery Applications

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Maybe this guy is a Javascript Ninja but he doesn't know the first thing about colors.

Terrible readability, just horrid.

Edit: This sounds really mean. I usually don't criticize the design of stuff posted on HN but on the top of the page he claims to be a 'web interface ninja'. That's really pompous. But he designs this?

Re: Building Large-Scale jQuery Applications

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post #3

Maybe this guy is a Javascript Ninja but he doesn't know the first thing about colors. Terrible readability, just horrid. Edit: This sounds really mean. I usually don't criticize the design of stuff posted on HN but on the top of the page he claims to be a 'web interface ninja'. That's really pompous. But he designs this?

He wants to get his money's worth, so he uses all of the colors.

Re: Building Large-Scale jQuery Applications

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For people who want to get things done instead of becoming architecture astronauts: https://github.com/hafriedlander/jquery.entwine (Go ahead, play with it: http://jsfiddle.net/eterps/kKvbC/ )

More elaborate example: http://jsfiddle.net/eterps/4Yacx/1/

Full screen: http://fiddle.jshell.net/eterps/4Yacx/1/show/light/

Re: Building Large-Scale jQuery Applications

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Backbone.js is amazing.

We're rebuilding some pieces of our editor in Poll Everywhere and to date, its the most sensible approach to JS MVC that we've seen. Frameworks like Cappuccino and SproutCore make it really hard to control the look and feel if your application and take an "all or nothing" approach whereas Backbone.js goes with the "grain" of the web letting you mix-and-match whatever JS libs you want to use for your project.

Re: Building Large-Scale jQuery Applications

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There is a lot to digest in that article. My gut tells me to stick with jQuery plug-ins for consistency, but he seems to lean to the mix and match side of things. Any opinions on that from the folks here?

Depends on how well things play with jQuery. The projects that do well with jQuery tends to advertise it as one of their big features. You can feel free to choose from only those, I feel.
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