Why Frontend JavaScript Frameworks?
The process of web app development starts with the idea of how the app will look on screen. So far so good. Next, these images are HTMLised by a frontend designer which is then converted by the developer into a fully working webs development page. But hey! Here is the catch.
Hence came the need to standardize the web app designing so that the backend workflow injection part can be easily coded. And going by the example of HTML and CSS frameworks such as Bootstrap and Foundation, coders created JavaScript frontend frameworks to formulate web apps.
Complete JS Frameworks
There are many so called JavaScript frameworks in the market, but in reality not all are complete frameworks. That means that not every framework out there can be used to create every aspect of an app. Most of them can be categorized as a set of tools that can make your coding easier but you may have to rely on other tools as well to get the job done.
AngularJS
This is the framework that works on the concept of two-way data binding, and this was the framework that revolutionized the concept of model view controller architecture in web apps. Also, this is a comprehensive framework and reduces the need to introduce other JS libraries into the development process.
EmberJS
EmberJS is the framework for those who focus on conventions rather than configurations. EmberJS has a very robust routing framework and thus is a good candidate to go with when you have complex nested routes and templates within a page.
CanJS
CanJS is a relatively new framework so it lacks in terms of popularity. But we were greatly impressed by its ease-of-use and flexibility in our projects so I thought its prudent to include it in the list. CanJS also ranks higher than the other three in terms of performance, especially when you have to render lots of view binding.
JavaScript toolkits that can work as frameworks
KnockoutJS
KnockoutJS is a very popular toolkit among JS web app designers. It’s very lightweight, has every basic view rendering feature an app would need and it’s a perfect tool for those app projects for which you may have to develop your own framework.
BackBoneJS
BackboneJS is awesome if you want to define your templating or use jQuery-like event binding. However the framework Tool-kit is only for advanced developers and it has a steep learning curve. BackBoneJS is good at handling requests, module loading and request routing.
Conclusion
AngularJS is only stand alone framework that does not need help of any other library to work, and it is also the largest frontend JS framework out there. Ember and CanJS need support from additional libraries but are great in their own ways. BackboneJS and KnockoutJS are awesome for small app development projects or for those large app development projects in which you may have to build your own framework.
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Gone are the days when a web
app can be created by chaining
together multiple HTML pages.
Nowadays application owners
want their application to PERFORM
all and everything on a single page
itself.
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but more headache for developers.This means lesser
work for designers
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And that’s where the idea of writing some interesting JavaScript
frameworks comes into picture. They can help app developers
and designers to patch together an app in a faster manner.
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There are many so called JavaScript frameworks in the market, but in reality …
…not all are complete frameworks.
Most of them can be categorized as a
set of tools that can make your coding
easier but you may have to rely on other
tools as well to get the job done.
Complete Frameworks
Toolkit Frameworks
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To be honest its nearly impossible to create a lightweight
framework that can do everything.
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The most used of all frontend JavaScript frameworks is AngularJS
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It’s flexible,
has a lot of features,
has around 800 third party modules,
and
has the backing of a community which has
more than a million members.
And most importantly its backed by
Google
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This is the framework that works on
the concept of two-way data binding…
… and this was the framework that
revolutionized the concept of model
view controller architecture in web
apps.
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14. Lagging behind slightly in
the popularity department,
EmberJS is by no means out
of the race.
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15. EmberJS is a good
candidate to go with
when you have
complex nested
routes and
templates within a
page.
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17. CanJS is a relatively new framework so it lacks in
terms of popularity. But we were greatly impressed
by its ease-of-use and flexibility.
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19. KnockoutJS has all basic view rendering feature a
smallscale app would need.
It’s also perfect for those app projects for which
you may have to develop your own framework.
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20. In fact there are a lot of complete frameworks out
in the market that are built using Knockout JS And
Backbone JS
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21. KnockoutJS is expert
in data-bindings. It is
easy to setup and
easy to work upon.
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23. BackboneJS is another popular partial framework
which developers use to build their own
frameworks.
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24. BackboneJS is awesome if
you want to define your
templating or use jQuery-
like event binding.
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25. However the framework Tool-
kit is only for advanced
developers and it has a steep
learning curve.
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