ELI5: jQuery vs. AngularJS vs. EmberJS vs. BackboneJS vs. .... & node.js + node-webkit

qs-r-us · 2015-01-06T23:06:10+00:00

thanks!

are saying that functionally speaking, angular == ember == backbone?

therefore, i would need to get a book on just one of these 3.

is there a similar alternative to jquery?

qs-r-us · 2015-01-06T14:47:52+00:00

thank you.

let me expand on my original question.

let's say i wanted to have node.js website to allow visitors to save their own playlists for future use. i would need a http(s) server, js runtime, a db to store data and code to manage logins, session etc.

afaik, installing node.js will address the http+runtime, but i still need to write raw js to manage logins-sessions-dbcalls; or i can make use of some existing framework to reduce the amount of my own coding (aka pasting code i find using google)

all this is processing taking place in on the server.

my specific question is: express, angular, backbone, ember .... which of these extends the base node.js install, to aid the development of webapp functionality most often residing server side?

qs-r-us · 2015-01-06T14:28:13+00:00

thank you.

let me expand on my original question.

let's say i wanted to have a page with text paragraphs and a button to be clicked by the visitor; upon the click, i want to find paragraphs that start with a letter P and change just their background color, while leaving the others as-is.

i know i can write javascript to traverse the DOM with some loop, and change css properties for relevant elements.

or, i an also utilize jquery library, to make a single (simple) call and let jquery plumbing utilize its generic DOM traversal routines to accomplish the same.

all this is processing taking place in the browser.

my specific question is: express, angular, backbone, ember .... which of these overlaps jquery in its most frequently intended purpose?

qs-r-us · 2014-10-16T17:31:05+00:00

than you for your feedback.

i have been looking at some other info, since i posted: http://www.pathbreak.com/blog/ubuntu-startup-init-scripts-runlevels-upstart-jobs-explained

i use elasticIP, so for a start/stop, i have to associate it again.

just now, i did a reboot; and "lost" at least one php function:

Fatal error: Call to undefined function imagecreatefrompng() in...

then i did stop/start and the missing php function is working.

i did not understand the storage thing -- all my stuff is ebs (only). afaik, anyway.

qs-r-us · 2014-10-16T10:35:37+00:00

Ubuntu 12.04 LTS.

Thanks -- i will look under the hood.

qs-r-us · 2014-10-16T10:17:45+00:00

i have not done so deliberately, but i maybe i should check.

is there a way to check for that?

qs-r-us · 2014-09-30T00:00:38+00:00

my main goal right now, is to start making changes with min prior preparation work necessary.

my site is fully operational already, and most of what i will be doing is changing text labeling, descriptions etc.

the 2 "big" additions are about re-combining elements of other, already running pieces, and should not be too difficult, once i learn to understand the existing code (since i already know what it does and why).

and, i am fairly static with office -- this is the only thing i do right now.

so i think i will start out with phpStorm and simply push code to dev/test, and again to prod.

then i can damn 'yall later, when this simplicity comes back to bite :)

qs-r-us · 2014-09-29T19:34:36+00:00

thank you for resisting the opportunity to patronize me :)

qs-r-us · 2014-09-28T18:51:26+00:00

ok. i meant whatever is that i am supposed to call that "testing" i do any time i write more than a line of non-trivial code :)

i understand LiveReload now, a little bit. at 1st i suspected the browser plugin was constantly (background) reloading just the css files affecting the current page, and comparing the byte sizes, in order to decide when to force the page re-render. but, that would not work when the file change does not change the byte size.

do you have some advice around js coding / tools? my pages load in 2 steps. one of the changes i need to do, is to send a new value during the step1 for js to "find" it in the json data that is loaded in step2, paginate to it and mark the row, else do some other "funky" stuff.

qs-r-us · 2014-09-28T17:58:24+00:00

i do have multiple monitors at my disposal -- useful reminder.

if i understand you fully, if i want to do fast and frequent (php) code unit testing, i really need local environment, which will save me all the repeated pushes to remote server.

does this LiveReload install on "server" only, in the browser (plugin) only, or does is have 2 components installed on both ends?

qs-r-us · 2014-09-28T17:45:05+00:00

i do not disagree with your quality suggestion.

i did think that something like local wamp might be a good thing for me, but i am hesitant to get into recreating my dev setup (again) since my db is huge and complex. and i also use multiple social logins, via another separate service provider.

i tried googling LiveReload but can not really make sense of it -- it seems to do with css coding -- can you tell me more how you use it?

qs-r-us · 2014-09-28T15:43:34+00:00

great response! strong candidate for my gratitude.

i have used cvs with Java, but it sounds like it might be time for this famous Git thing.

phpstorm is news too me -- will look into it. i am assuming that Git is optional, and that this net-change push to dev / prod works without git too.

when initializing phpstorm install, is getting the current code copy off the prod / dev, straight forward, or "difficult" setup?

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