Introducing Ampersand.js
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Introducing Ampersand.js
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Re: Introducing Ampersand.js
#2I have to say, with this names, I thought it was a joke for a while...
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#3Was just reading this today https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=7169299
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#4The post is a little dense, I'll try to summarize: it's basically Backbone split into NPM modules so you can pick & choose. For instance, you want Backbone's collections, but don't want the whole Backbone library, so you `npm install ampersand-collection`. They've setup a registry of recommended modules [1] and you compile with browserify.
Good for folks that are used to the node modules philosophy - Seems like a logical extension of the browserify effort (bringing Backbone into the frontend modules system). I dig it.
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#5I have to say, with this names, I thought it was a joke for a while...
same, I was expecting a competitor or add-on functionality for underscore.js
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#6Was just reading this today https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=7169299
That would be an insightful and relevant comment, if it weren't for the strange digression into a pornography metaphor.
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#7Anyone know of any applications using this in the wild yet?
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#8I have to say, with this names, I thought it was a joke for a while...
same, I was expecting a competitor or add-on functionality for underscore.js
Funny, I hadn't even thought of that. It comes from &yet (http://andyet.com) :)
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#9Anyone writing about humanizing javascript, has my respects. Worth a serious look. However, I would have pitched it, based on its own merits rather than trying to highlight the shortcomings---if any---of backbone.
Re: Introducing Ampersand.js
#10The post is a little dense, I'll try to summarize: it's basically Backbone split into NPM modules so you can pick & choose. For instance, you want Backbone's collections, but don't want the whole Backbone library, so you `npm install ampersand-collection`. They've setup a registry of recommended modules [1] and you compile with browserify. Good for folks that are used to the node modules philosophy - Seems like a log…
That's true, although many of the core backbone components have been significantly modified/basically completely rewritten, keeping a fair amount of similarity with the backbone APIs but extending them too, for example:
* Views have declarative data bindings for updating your html with model data automatically; out of the box, sensible render and remove methods just work; collection rendering is easy.
* Models have explicitly declared properties and types, as well as evented + cached derived/computed properties. You can access model properties without .get('name') and .set('name', value) and events and things just work.