Building Web Apps with Ember.js.pdf

Building Web Apps with
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If you’re a web developer interested in building scalable single-page
applications—full-stack, browser-based apps that connect to a backend—
this practical guide shows you how to use , the popular JavaScript
framework based on the model-view-controller (MVC) architectural pattern.
Through the course of the book, you’ll learn how to build a prototype
Ember application (a musician index called Rock’n’Roll Call), using routers,
templates, models, controllers, and views. You’ll also understand how
Ember’s convention over configuration approach helps you persist data,
build backend technologies, and create widgets for developing production-
capable applications that behave like desktop software.
■■ Set up workflow management and boilerplate code creation
■■ Learn how Ember’s “developer ergonomics” help you use
less code
■■ Write templates for the book’s prototype with
■■ Use routers to manage application states without reloading
the page Building
■■ Connect controllers and views with events, and sync data with
data-binding
■■ Build an Ember backend with a RESTful API or Ruby on Rails
■■ Use the Ember Data library to persist data and talk to the Web Apps with
backend
■■ Write reusable encapsulated widgets to extend your applications
Jesse Cravens, a principal web engineer at frog design, works with leading
companies to design, engineer, and bring meaningful products and services to
market. Jesse is currently focused on single-page web applications, the mobile
web, and HTML5.
Thomas Q Brady, Technology Director at Reaction, Inc., has built back-office Ember .js
software, business simulations, interactive marketing, high-fidelity prototype
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