Re:An Intro to Backbone.js: Part 2 - Controllers and Views
by Charuru on Thursday January 27, 2011 @12:52PM
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Can you give us some comments on knockout.js and <angular>?
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Re:An Intro to Backbone.js: Part 2 - Controllers and Views
by jashkenas on Thursday January 27, 2011 @03:07PM
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I'm afraid I can't give you anything informed ... as I haven't used either of them in anger.
That said, they take a very different approach: less about data modeling and events, and more about binding JSON structures tightly to specific DOM elements. I have my own concerns about if it's possible to build truly high-performance web applications with such a granular scheme -- for example, Knockout.js calls JavaScript's "eval()" on every "data-bind" attribute in your HTML. But without someone taking the time to port the same app to all three libraries, and then evaluating it with benchmarks, it's all just speculation.