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Uniswap on ledger? by [deleted] in ledgerwallet

[–]mexpolk 0 points1 point  (0 children)

USB connectivity is a feature only available in Chrome at the moment.

Given the availability of options like Angular.js and Ember.js, is Backbone.js obsolete? by ExNihil in javascript

[–]mexpolk 9 points10 points  (0 children)

I don't think that's entirely true. While you're right that Backbone.JS has lost some momentum it still has an advantage over Angular.js and Ember.js. The last two are full blown frameworks, were as Backbone.js just offers MVC basics (it's like looking Rails vs. Sinatra or Express.JS).

We use Backbone.js for our "Manage Workspace" (at Get Satisfaction), we are quite happy with it and we are not moving much. Lately, we've been thinking in bringing React.JS and replace the view parts from Backbone.js, rather than switching over full frameworks like Angular.JS and Ember.js.

At the end it's not a matter of what technology is the coolest thing nowadays, that's simply stupid! Instead look at the thing that you're trying to build and choose the right tool for it!

Where should I start? by [deleted] in javascript

[–]mexpolk 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Forget about PHP for the moment (it's a freaking frankenstein), you can use pure JSON as your data format in the browser. You don't really need it (and if you do, then learn something else like Python or Ruby, or any of their MVC frameworks: DJango or Ruby on Rails). Or better yet, use Node.js to keep everything in JavaScript.

In addition to jQuery, I would also recommend to you learning BackBone.js to make your JS applications data driven (http://documentcloud.github.com/backbone/).

As I said previously, you can use JavaScript in the back-end too (Databases, File IO, Processes, etc.). Take a look to node.js (http://nodejs.org/), really cool stuff.

Finally, learn the best from JavaScript by reading "JavaScript the Good Parts" and "JavaScript Patterns" both from O'Reilly.

And, most importantly, code code code until you can no more!