I've worked over the last two years on a library called Falcon.js (http://stoodder.github.io/falconjs/). It's your typically MVC/MVVM structure with similar concepts as Backbone (Models, Collections, Views). But utilizes the awesome data-binding architecture of Knockout. Falcon's core belief is that front-end developers shouldn't explicitly have javascript mixed with html (or vice versa). This is made possible only because of how Knockout handles data binding and templating. Falcon adds common sense architecture around that belief. Take a look! I'm always excited for feedback. I've use Falcon in many production level apps both for desktop web and mobile hybrid apps.
Poll: Which JavaScript framework do you use (and why)?
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Re: Poll: Which JavaScript framework do you use (and why)?
#72IMO depend of the type of the project you're building. I'm using Ember because most of the project I work on right now have multiple pages, views and components. Using any other library/toolset would be much harder to achieve the same results. Ember comes with a lot of things in the box, the routes is definitely a game changer compared with with others.
Re: Poll: Which JavaScript framework do you use (and why)?
#73I personally prefer Ember community than Angular's and I feel the love of Ember team for the project. So I up vote to Ember.
Re: Poll: Which JavaScript framework do you use (and why)?
#74Batman.js is production-ready: our company has two production apps and I work full-time on a Rails/Batman.js app. I think the biggest weakness is the low "googleability". Even when shopify was maintaining it, the hype machine never got rolling . I've been adding docs & guides as much as I can, but there's still a lot to be desired.
I've recently been working on a glorified FAQ that would be very helpful if you decide to go the batman.js route: https://www.softcover.io/read/b5c051f3/batmanjs_mvc_cookbook
And I'd love to add to it -- just drop by #batmanjs on freenode! (ps, I kept trying to vote but I didn't see the thing go up ... and I even made a HN account just for the occasion!)
Re: Poll: Which JavaScript framework do you use (and why)?
#75Awesome ember doing its thing again. Ok lets go guys, lets put ember at the top. I have used angular, ember and backbone and I feel more at home with ember and I could pretty much pick up any new ember project quickly and figure out where things are.
Re: Poll: Which JavaScript framework do you use (and why)?
#76Do you know jQuery inside out? If not, you should learn that before you worry about higher level frameworks.
... and yes, of course you should know JavaScript inside out first. That's why I wrote https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/JavaScript/A_re...
Re: Poll: Which JavaScript framework do you use (and why)?
#77Disappointed (but not surprised) to see Twitter Flight missing from this list. Flight + jQuery has been stellar for me, building several applications of varying complexity (one basic CRUD app with a little bit of flair, one pretty client-intensive app, though no client-side routing, and a few in between).
Came here wondering if I'd see anyone else using flight. Really liking it as a light weight framework/lib so far.
As someone who doesn't build a lot of SPA's, it's a godsend. Keeps the UI structured and decoupled, but doesn't get in the way. I wonder if it really classifies as a "framework"? I feel like it does, since if I'm using it I'm not using a more traditional "framework" like Backbone or Angular; but at the same time, it doesn't come with all the usual restrictions of traditional frameworks (nor does it provide everything they do, but that's kinda the point).
Re: Poll: Which JavaScript framework do you use (and why)?
#78Ember is really fast and well thought out. It's a complete framework that you can build on to of rather than a few pieces that you can assemble into a pile of self-indulgent jank