There is so much in your question, that the answer won’t be easy and won’t be definite at all. It’ll also be very opinionated. Looking at the list of framework you brought, I see very different things that are hardly comparable with each other. I’ll try to group them somehow and add more frameworks to … Read more
We have been developing a port of a Swing fat-client application in AngularJS for the last couple of months and I think it is worth recommending. As far as learning resources go, check out the official project site (and be sure to read the tutorial) and the mailing list (the authors are very helpful). The … Read more
I use a js-framework (spine.js in my case) in my latest site. Still I make sure that non-js browsers (certainly not over zealous: think SEO) can navigate my site and digest the contents. As an example I’m going with a search-page with products being shown. Products can be paged, filtered, sorted. Of course this is … Read more
You could use ng-init in an outer div: <div ng-init=”param=’value’;”> <div ng-controller=”BasketController” > <label>param: {{value}}</label> </div> </div> The parameter will then be available in your controller’s scope: function BasketController($scope) { console.log($scope.param); }
my 2 cents worth. preamble – i have worked with both angular and knockout. I’m on my 3rd non trivial front end built with a MVVM/MVC lib. I started with knockout because its MVVM is very similar to the wpf/silverlight mechanics. And it works well. The tutorials and documentation are top notch. All your coders … Read more
Your opening sentence was actually a very good statement of the differences between Backbone.js and jQuery, so let’s unpack it a bit. For one thing, the two libraries are not at all in competition–they are complimentary. As an example, here are some things I would do with jQuery: Animated slideshows Form control enhancements, like an … Read more
Basically Models have a property called attributes which are the various values a certain model may have. Backbone uses JSON objects as a simple way to populate these values using various methods that take JSON objects. Example: Donuts = Backbone.Model.extend({ defaults: { flavor: ‘Boston Cream’, // Some string price: ‘0.50’ // Dollars } }); To … Read more
While you can just use parentheses (e.g. (-> foo)(), you can avoid them by using the do keyword: do f = -> console.log ‘this runs right away’ The most common use of do is capturing variables in a loop. For instance, for x in [1..3] do (x) -> setTimeout (-> console.log x), 1 Without the … Read more
Use the not selector. Example: $(‘.collapsiblock’).click(function(){ $(‘.collapsiblock’).not(this).each(function(){ $(this).slideUp(); }); $(this).slideDown(); })
Yes, you can use jQuery’s attribute selector for that. var linksToGoogle = $(‘a[href=”https://google.com”]’); Alternatively, if your interest is rather links starting with a certain URL, use the attribute-starts-with selector: var allLinksToGoogle = $(‘a[href^=”https://google.com”]’);