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Why use Backbone.js?(backbonejs.org)
16 points by tbranyen 14y ago|3 comments
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by tbranyen 14y ago
Lua provides blocking FS methods. Node.js was designed with a language that had no notion of I/O so that the methods could all be async.
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by tbranyen 14y ago
Zynga is clearly a household brand you can trust.
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by tbranyen 14y ago
He didn't say it originated from jQuery. The question is solid, because jQuery is probably the most used implementation.
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by tbranyen 14y ago
I think you misunderstood my point. Facebook has the resources to have a mobile and native app developed concurrently. I did not mean throwing more developers at a problem to get it completed faster. In my opinion he was just issuing blan
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by tbranyen 14y ago
I agree, but feel that with Facebook's resources there was nothing stopping them from building a native application and a counterpart web application much like Twitter. Using a friend's device? Opt for the web interface. Using your own de
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by tbranyen 14y ago
This doesn't look like a whole lotta free. This is also not achieving all that Backbone gives you. Interesting slides though, can't wait to see the talk video.
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by tbranyen 14y ago
https://github.com/tbranyen/backbone.layoutmanager Plugin I wrote for managing layout/views in Backbone. Provides a ton of features and flexibility. Before 0.5.0 it wasn't very stable for lists/collections. I'd highly recommend giving i
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by tbranyen 14y ago
Full source code available here: https://github.com/tbranyen/github-viewer
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GithubViewer - New Example Backbone/Bootstrap Application(githubviewer.org)
42 points by tbranyen 14y ago|9 comments
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by tbranyen 14y ago
While you may have confidence your code is working as expected, you are missing out on the importance of unit tests. The point of unit tests is to ensure your code works as expected. In your write up all I see are tests for Backbone.js,
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by tbranyen 15y ago
Well the README does say: "No license, do what you want as long as it involves some Cool Ass Lakes." Sounds legit to me!
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by tbranyen 15y ago
Allow me to explain further, as I've been down-voted a few times. My point is that its stupid to use a tool on code it was not written to support. If you want minification with valid JavaScript, use something like Uglify-js. If you write c
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by tbranyen 15y ago
I think the stupidity here is entirely isolated to using JSMin.
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by tbranyen 15y ago
I'm rather confused about a few things: 1) Is there no index.html? 2) Can you develop locally? 3) How do you use the templates you showed? 4) Is the boilerplate you provide open sourced anywhere?
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by tbranyen 15y ago
Yeah didn't work for me either.
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by tbranyen 15y ago
I think Coderwall is fun, but probably not something I'd ever take seriously. Especially since it's easy to tailor your account to get more achievements.
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by tbranyen 15y ago
Well I'd love to know which DOM library you're hiding behind your words, that you believe is de facto .
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by tbranyen 15y ago
Why would you include ES5 shims instead of using code that's well tested, already written, and bundled in a neat package. jQuery is the de-facto DOM library (whether it should be or not), failure to see this is ignorance.
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by tbranyen 15y ago
The arguments are weak, but the message is strong. I use Microsoft to play Skyrim, the rest of my work is done with open source. Not everyone can/will take this route, but they've certainly lost me as a customer for anything other than vid
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by tbranyen 15y ago
Yeah I thought the same thing only DocumentUp has a better design/concept.
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by tbranyen 15y ago
There are a number of issues with the project, but I'm assuming it was created this way to be easier to digest for newcomers.
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by tbranyen 15y ago
I'm confused as to why these frameworks don't use the full delete identifier and instead opt for del. delete is a completely valid property identifier for objects and can be accessed identically to del and is significantly less confusing.
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by tbranyen 15y ago
We have a post on it as well on our blog: http://weblog.bocoup.com/startup-data-trends/
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by tbranyen 15y ago
In case there was any confusion here, I meant "Get a job, hippie" in the lightest and most facetious way possible to interpret the phrase. It was not meant to be insulting.
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by tbranyen 15y ago
"Boilerplate", as I understand it, is text you copy and paste, and then edit to your needs. But the name of the game in programming is "don't repeat yourself", that is, don't copy and paste text. This post has 193 upvotes as I write this so
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by tbranyen 15y ago
Yup, https://github.com/tbranyen/backbone-boilerplate/issues/22 Currently anyone can use require.js. Delete the build folder and update the index.html.
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by tbranyen 15y ago
Fixed thank you =)
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by tbranyen 15y ago
Awesome, its still new, so make sure you report any issues you find.
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by tbranyen 15y ago
You would modify the folder structure of the boilerplate to accommodate the framework. Assuming your framework does asset building as well, you can just delete the build folder.

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