Yahoo’s Mojito is Now Open Source

#1

Post by gcb » Mon, Apr 02, 2012, 6:00 PM UTC

Yahoo’s Mojito is Now Open Source
developer.yahoo.com

Re: Yahoo’s Mojito is Now Open Source

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Post by wisty » Mon, Apr 02, 2012, 6:15 PM UTC

OK, so it's MVC javascript (like backbone.js), with node.js in the backend, and some kind of move towards local storage + synchronization.

They say that it's not yet totally done. I'm guessing sync is the hard bit.

Re: Yahoo’s Mojito is Now Open Source

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Post by debacle » Mon, Apr 02, 2012, 6:22 PM UTC

I was honestly expecting much much more. Yahoo has talent, and YUI was the best library out there when it was new.

Re: Yahoo’s Mojito is Now Open Source

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Post by blueprint » Mon, Apr 02, 2012, 6:23 PM UTC

Here are some of Mojito's existing Node.JS counterparts:

* https://github.com/substack/dnode

* https://github.com/tblobaum/nodeQuery

* https://github.com/socketstream/socketstream

Re: Yahoo’s Mojito is Now Open Source

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Post by jberryman » Mon, Apr 02, 2012, 6:32 PM UTC

So mojito is some kind of cocktail that runs on the client and the server and is for "apps"...?

Re: Yahoo’s Mojito is Now Open Source

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Post by sh1mmer » Mon, Apr 02, 2012, 6:38 PM UTC

blueprint wrote: post #4

Here are some of Mojito's existing Node.JS counterparts: * https://github.com/substack/dnode * https://github.com/tblobaum/nodeQuery * https://github.com/socketstream/socketstream

I wouldn't call those directly equivalent, although they are in the same space.

One of things Mojito is supposed to do is allow progressive enhancement (for performance, etc) by allowing you to define how much rendering takes place on the client and how much on the server.

Re: Yahoo’s Mojito is Now Open Source

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Post by whirlycott1 » Mon, Apr 02, 2012, 6:50 PM UTC

Note to self: try not to make announcements on April 1st lest they get mistaken as jokes.

Re: Yahoo’s Mojito is Now Open Source

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Post by ary » Mon, Apr 02, 2012, 7:00 PM UTC

debacle wrote: post #3

I was honestly expecting much much more. Yahoo has talent, and YUI was the best library out there when it was new.

YUI was released the same year as jQuery. Care to qualify that a bit?

Edit: Had my dates wrong.

Re: Yahoo’s Mojito is Now Open Source

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Post by blueprint » Mon, Apr 02, 2012, 7:06 PM UTC

sh1mmer wrote: post #6

blueprint wrote: post #4

Here are some of Mojito's existing Node.JS counterparts: * https://github.com/substack/dnode * https://github.com/tblobaum/nodeQuery * https://github.com/socketstream/socketstream

I wouldn't call those directly equivalent, although they are in the same space. One of things Mojito is supposed to do is allow progressive enhancement (for performance, etc) by allowing you to define how much rendering takes place on the client and how much on the server.

That's what I gleaned too; maybe "alternative" would have been a better choice than "counterpart".

In one of my recent projects I used EJS and DNode to fairly easily implement a system for determining where the rendering takes place. I don't have anything to monitor connection quality & client capabilities though, so Mojito may prove useful when it matures.

Re: Yahoo’s Mojito is Now Open Source

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Post by debacle » Mon, Apr 02, 2012, 7:12 PM UTC

ary wrote: post #8

debacle wrote: post #3

I was honestly expecting much much more. Yahoo has talent, and YUI was the best library out there when it was new.

YUI was released the same year as jQuery. Care to qualify that a bit? Edit: Had my dates wrong.

YUI was more extensible, followed (mostly) good JavaScript patterns (making heavy use of the module pattern), had relatively good cross-platform support and an easy to understand interface.

To top it off, the documentation was top notch.