Take control of your front-end

My talk at Chennai.rb's June 2014 meetup.

On Angular, Ember and Backbone + React.

Transcript

1. Take control of your Front-end Dheeraj Kumar Chief Troll Officer Bang The Table ! dheeraj@bangthetable.com
2. –Someone on Twitter “The question is not if you need a front-end framework. It’s how long you can survive before you realize you need one.”
3. Why do I need a front-end framework? Obvious point 1 Obvious point 2 Testing Obvious point 3
4. How do I realize I need a front-end framework? Look at your APIs. Do you even have one? Is your JS maintainable? Can you change a part of your front-end without changing/crashing another?
5. Fast forward a couple of months, a failed project, and several unsolvable bugs…
7. –Isabella I “The distance is great from the firm belief to the realization from concrete experience.”
8. Alright, what can I do? Angular Ember Backbone + React
9. Angular Deceptively low barrier to entry Documentation AMD The magical $scope Performance Not a framework Just like Rails - Writing bad code is really easy
10. Ember Just like Rails - convention over configuration Steep learning curve Performance with HTMLBars Actual real framework Writing bad code is difficult Community-driven, with best practices
11. Backbone + React React - New hotness from Facebook Super-fast view layer (Meteor Blaze/HTMLBars/React) Proven model+routing layer from Backbone Components made easy Virtual DOM, DOM Diff, Reconciliation, all that jazz…
12. –You “It makes sense, but I’m still confused!”
13. Go, try them out. Spend an afternoon. ! You won’t regret it. The End