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Not trying to start a framework-flamewar here, but what would the benefit of choosing backbone over a full mvc framework like ember or spine be if you're just a
by jurre 14y ago
Not trying to start a framework-flamewar here, but what would the benefit of choosing backbone over a full mvc framework like ember or spine be if you're just adding the 'c' to backbone with a bunch of plugins?
- mikegirouard 14y agoIn almost all cases where I've used backbone, its minimalism has been its biggest advantage. The example here is pretty complex and probably would have benefited from a larger framework, but without knowing the rest of the application its hard to tell. Like all things, you just need to pick the right tool for the job.
- mping 14y agoBackbone is not as much opinionated as other frameworks, although you have a point here. What I find most funny is that we're slowly evolving to full-fledged frameworks on the client. I wonder when the Spring for javascript will appear...
- camus 14y agoIt already exists : ExtJS , is a monster frameworks for javascript using JSON instead of XML for "dependency injection". it is very hard to use due to the dynamic nature of javascript, hard to know what comes in and out of a method, some classes have more than 200 methods. But it is really really powerfull,especially regarding data persistance. Once you master it you can do very very complex apps pretty quickly. By the way this is when you wish Javascript had a type system. How can you know what type a method parameter is unless you dive in the doc ? with Java you usually just have to look the interface ...