Coding the Angular Tutorial App in Backbone
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Coding the Angular Tutorial App in Backbone
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Re: Coding the Angular Tutorial App in Backbone
#2Please fix the URL to "PhoneCat tutorial app" you're pointing to angular.org not angularjs.org
Re: Coding the Angular Tutorial App in Backbone
#3You can cherry pick examples that make either framework look better. Furthermore, LOC isn't the only factor in framework choice, and it certainly isn't the most important.
Re: Coding the Angular Tutorial App in Backbone
#4A better comparison would be Angular vs Backbone Marionette or vanilla Angular (no pre-built directives) vs backbone. I'm looking at you ng-repeat.
I love angular as much as the next person, but comparing two frameworks by LoC does not do much to move the discussion along.
Re: Coding the Angular Tutorial App in Backbone
#5Please fix the URL to "PhoneCat tutorial app" you're pointing to angular.org not angularjs.org
Thanks! Fixed the link. Global replace got me.
Re: Coding the Angular Tutorial App in Backbone
#6A better comparison would be Angular vs Backbone Marionette or vanilla Angular (no pre-built directives) vs backbone. I'm looking at you ng-repeat. I love angular as much as the next person, but comparing two frameworks by LoC does not do much to move the discussion along.
I agree that LoC is rarely the most important factor. It's just what inspired me to actually sit down and code the Angular tutorial in Backbone.
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#7If I'm working with a RESTful backend API I use Backbone, if not I use Angular. Does anyone use a different criteria?
Re: Coding the Angular Tutorial App in Backbone
#8If I'm working with a RESTful backend API I use Backbone, if not I use Angular. Does anyone use a different criteria?
I can't say I understand why the criteria makes sense. Having used both I can say I don't use Backbone at all anymore. If I'm doing something where SPA makes sense and there will be complex logic on the client side I use Angular. If I just want to enhance what's already there I use jQuery in a components style that's very similar to Bootstrap.
I'll admit I don't really like Backbone much though.
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#9> but I’m really fond of the less restrictive nature of Backbone, so I’ll probably end up sticking with Backbone.
Backbone is terribly devious in that it tricks you into thinking that it is unrestrictive and unopinionated. Backbone manages state with mutable models and model change callbacks, so Backbone's opinion naturally is that models and change callbacks are a good way to organize your application. "I want to write hundreds of callbacks to keep everything in sync" said no UI developer ever.
Re: Coding the Angular Tutorial App in Backbone
#10You can cherry pick examples that make either framework look better. Furthermore, LOC isn't the only factor in framework choice, and it certainly isn't the most important.
Recoding the Angular tutorial is definitely going to favor Angular in parts. There are multiple times in the backbone-phonecat tutuorial where I had to write some code simply to make Backbone work slightly differently, and not necessarily any better. For example, case insensitive ordering.