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Can someone explain to me what "isomorphic" means in the tagline for the linked Director library[1]? I have no idea how isomorphism is supposed to play into all
by tel 13y ago
Can someone explain to me what "isomorphic" means in the tagline for the linked Director library[1]? I have no idea how isomorphism is supposed to play into all of this?
[1] "a tiny and isomorphic URL router for JavaScript
http://github.com/flatiron/director" http://github.com/flatiron/director"
- WickyNilliams 13y agoIt means that it can be used on client and server. Its a term coined by (I believe) the nodejitsu people in this article [0]. Airbnb also used the term to describe their rendr library [1] which aims to allow exactly that: rendering on both client and server [0] http://blog.nodejitsu.com/scaling-isomorphic-javascript-code/ http://blog.nodejitsu.com/scaling-isomorphic-javascript-code... [1] http://nerds.airbnb.com/isomorphic-javascript-future-web-apps/ http://nerds.airbnb.com/isomorphic-javascript-future-web-app...
- okayzedd 13y agohttp://superfluous.io/glossary/read/007_isomorphic_javascript.md http://superfluous.io/glossary/read/007_isomorphic_javascrip...
- tel 13y agoWhile I like the idea man do I her hate that term. You can't just be isomorphic: you must be isomorphic to or with respect to aomething. It's like McDonald's named their new hamburger the RESTful Patty.