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sporto
April 11, 2013
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CanJS
An overview of CanJS and comparison with Backbone, Angular and Ember
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Transcript
Sebastian Porto @sebasporto
•Intro •Features •Demo •Why?
2008 2012 Part of JMVC 3
CAN.JS MVC View Controller events Model m odify updates via
events
FEATURES
OVERVIEW can.Construct can.Observe can.Model can.Control can.view EJS Mustache can.route
can.Construct var Person = can.Construct({ init: function (name) { this.name
= name; } }); var zack = new Person(”Zack");
OBSERVABLES Construct Observable
can.Observe var state = new can.Observe({ selected: null, showSave: false
});
can.Observe state.bind('selected', function (oldVal, newVal) { … }); state.attr(‘selected’, item);
state.attr(‘selected’);
MODELS Construct Observable Model
can.Model var Library = can.Model({ findAll: ‘GET /libraries’, create: 'POST
/libraries', update: 'PUT /libraries/{id}', destroy: 'DELETE /libraries/{id}' }, {});
can.Model new Library.List([]); Collection Member new Library({name: ‘jQuery’});
VIEWS Model Views live bindings
can.view var template = can.view("#template", { libraries: this.libraries, state: this.state
}); can.$(ele).append(template);
EJS <% libs.forEach(function(el, ix) { %> <li><%= el.name %></li> <%
}) %> <% if (state.isEditing) { %> <button>Save</button> <% } %>
Mustache {{#libraries}} <li>{{name}}</li> {{/libraries}} {{#state.isEditing}} <button>Save</button> {{/state.isEditing}}
CONTROLLERS Controller Model View events m odify
can.Control var Control = can.Control({ init: function (ele, options) {
… } }); var control = new Control('#main’, {});
can.Control '.btn_save click': function (ele, ev) { }, '.name keyup':
function (ele, ev) { }
Other Goodies •Validations •Dirty attributes •Fixtures •Handlebars helpers (Transformations, filters)
DEMO
WHY?
None
LEARNING CURVE A subjective comparison
BACKBONE Confused
EMBER “We frequently receive feedback from new developers about how
frustrating it can be to get started with Ember” Yehuda Katz & Tom Dale http://emberjs.com/blog/2013/03/21/making-ember-easier.html
ANGULAR Wow
None
Convenience / Magic Easier to Learn
They way you already know, is most likely the right
way.
ANGULAR function Ctrl($scope, $element) { $(‘.tree’, $element).dynatree({}); }
That’s not the Angular way! You should use directives!
CAN init: function (element, options) { $(‘.tree’, element).dynatree({}); … }
Yay!
SIZE KB (MIN) Ember Angular CanJS Backbone 18 33 80
141
SIZE KB (MIN) Ember + jQuery + Handlebars Angular CanJS
+ Zepto Backbone + _ + Zepto + Mustache 61 57 80 269
INTEGRATION
Memory leak safe '.btn_save click': function (ele, ev) { …
},
Performance http://jsperf.com/angular-vs-knockout-vs-ember/118
Succinct Source http://paulhammant.com/2013/01/18/client-side-mvc-roundup/
TRY IT OUT!
THANKS... QS?
With #canjs you can do 80% of what you can
possibly need with 20% the learning curve of the others. Sebastian Porto @sebasporto
THE REALLY IMPORTANT STUFF Backbone CanJS Angular Ember Easy to
learn ˒ ˒ Great docs ˒ ˒ ˒ Observable Models ˒ ˒ ˒ ˒ Routing ˒ ˒ ˒ ˒ Views with live bindings ˒ ˒ ˒ Two way bindings ˒ ˒ Avoid unnecessary boilerplate ˒ ˒ ˒