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JavaScript: The Right Way

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Re: JavaScript: The Right Way

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Post by daliusd »

ahoge wrote: post #5
shangxiao wrote: post #4

Nice, I like what you're trying to do, but things like "Backbone.js: The most popular JS client-site framework" worry me. Most people I talk to avoid Backbone nowdays in favour of the other popular frameworks. Also: some descriptions appear to be lacking/missing & you definitely should mention Grunt under "Helpers". At least it's a GH repo and I assume you'll accept PR's? ;)

The most popular one right now is probably Angular. http://www.google.com/trends/explore#q=angularjs%2Cbackbonej...

Actually jQuery or is it not framework anymore?

Re: JavaScript: The Right Way

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Post by k__ »

joepour wrote: post #8
shangxiao wrote: post #4

Nice, I like what you're trying to do, but things like "Backbone.js: The most popular JS client-site framework" worry me. Most people I talk to avoid Backbone nowdays in favour of the other popular frameworks. Also: some descriptions appear to be lacking/missing & you definitely should mention Grunt under "Helpers". At least it's a GH repo and I assume you'll accept PR's? ;)

What are the reasons these people cite for not using Backbone?

Last month I was on a JS-Meetup and there were still many companies using backbone.

I read about the problems it has, but most of the devs just love it for being small and easy to use, which isn't the case with angular.

Re: JavaScript: The Right Way

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Post by ahoge »

daliusd wrote: post #11
ahoge wrote: post #5

Earlier quoted context omitted.

The most popular one right now is probably Angular. http://www.google.com/trends/explore#q=angularjs%2Cbackbonej...

Actually jQuery or is it not framework anymore?

jQuery is a library for things like DOM manipulation, AJAX, animation, and events.

Ember and Backbone depend on jQuery, for example.

Re: JavaScript: The Right Way

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Post by semerda »

Nice site. Cheers for sharing!

JavaScript Patterns by Stoyan Stefanov (made the list under reading/books) is a must for anyone wanting to learn JavaScript the right way. The content volume is just right with great examples. Can be read in a week easily and get you rolling writing better code fast!

Re: JavaScript: The Right Way

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Post by shangxiao »

ahoge wrote: post #13
daliusd wrote: post #11

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Actually jQuery or is it not framework anymore?

jQuery is a library for things like DOM manipulation, AJAX, animation, and events. Ember and Backbone depend on jQuery, for example.

Agreed, jQuery is more of a toolkit that complements frameworks

Re: JavaScript: The Right Way

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Post by gojomo »

rmason wrote: post #6

Nice site but I take exception that backbone is the most popular framework. While I don't think popularity alone is how you should chose a framework. It appears that AngularJS tops all except jQuery at this time. http://www.google.com/trends/explore#q=angularjs%2C%20backbo...

That might be a 'confusionRank' moreso than a 'usageRank'!

Re: JavaScript: The Right Way

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Post by wwweston »

daliusd wrote: post #11
ahoge wrote: post #5

Earlier quoted context omitted.

The most popular one right now is probably Angular. http://www.google.com/trends/explore#q=angularjs%2Cbackbonej...

Actually jQuery or is it not framework anymore?

It never was a framework; it was a better API for the DOM + some various other browser APIs -- so much better, in fact, you can get a near-framework-like productivity boost using it.

(At least at first, before it starts to matter that it's no help in terms of organizing a larger application. :)

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