JavaScript MVC Frameworks

A new way of creating a website is using what is sometimes called a “headless” site, with the front end being served by an MVC framework (Model View Controller).

Headless Drupal means using Drupal purely for content creation and management and feeding all the data in JSON format to a JavaScript front end.

Resources

Here are some links that compare the two leading frameworks, Angular and Ember, plus some others like Backbone.

• Angular, Backbone, or Ember: Which is Best for your Build?
• Client-side MVC: Is Angular.js or Ember.js the better choice for Javascript frameworks? (by an Ember developer)
• A Comparison of Angular, Backbone, CanJS and Ember plus lots of useful comments
• AngularJS vs Ember
• Best JavaScript MVC Frameworks 2013–2014
• Backbone or Angular or Ember? Here is my choice and why
• Angular, Backbone or Ember: Which JavaScript Framework to choose?
• Architecture: ember.js and AngularJS Slideshare comparing the architectures
• Choosing a JavaScript MVC Framework

Drupal example

• AngularJS, RESTful and Entity Validator form example Example of a form.

Angular.js

• www.youtube.com/watch?v=p3zSQieBIe8 Awesome tutorial for adding an Angular element to a Drupal page. A lot of complexity in the infrastructure, but it is all explained.
• www.koberg.com/…8-and-angularjs-theme-separation-of-concerns Walkthrough of an attempt to combine Angular.js and Drupal
• briantford.com/blog/huuuuuge-angular-apps How to structure your directories
• www.youtube.com/watch?v=c-05Y4q9EnA Presentation on using the Drupal angles module