Welcome to the future of JavaScript frameworks

Kuba Waliński

kubawalinski@gmail.com
@kubawalinski
github.com/kubawalinski
blog.kubawalinski.com

JavaScript?!

But one day I got it...

Follow prophet Douglas

JavaScript: The Good Parts

An inconvenient API

The Theory of the DOM

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y2Y0U-2qJMs

by Douglas Crockford

jQuery to the rescue

This is awesome!

I know css, so I can now program in JavaScript!

Today we already know that

You Might Not Need jQuery

JavaScript a few years ago

JavaScript today

node.js

JavaScript front and back

Knockout.js

promising beginnings

Angular.js

the elephant in the room

You have ruined JavaScript

by Rob Ashton

aka MS Build Hero

And then...

all hell broke loose

as JavaScript popularity went through the roof

React

Angular 2
Meteor

etc. etc.

Yet Another JS Framework was released today

And I am OK with that

https://debuggerdotbreak.wordpress.com/2015/01/26/yet-another-js-framework-isnt-so-bad-after-all/

by Judah Gabriel Himango

The state of JavaScript

in 2015

by Jimmy Breck-Mckye

http://www.breck-mckye.com/blog/2014/12/the-state-of-javascript-in-2015/

Enter Aurelia

should we offer her a warm welcome?

Rob Eisenberg

@EisenbergEffect

10 years of front-end framework development
Creator of Caliburn.Micro and Durandal
Former Angular 2.0 Team Member
Creator and project lead of Aurelia

What?

Just JavaScript (ES6/7)
Collection of collaborating libraries
Tool to build JavaScript Clients (web, desktop, mobile)
Follows a philosophy
- Open Source (MIT)
- Clean Code
- Simple Conventions
- Testable
Rapid Adoption + Large Community
- Commercially backed by Durandal Inc.

Why?

ES6/7, Modern DOM, Web Components
No external dependencies (except polyfills)
- Aurelia will get smaller and faster with time
Simple yet powerful programming model
Modern & future compatible 2-way databinding
Path forward for Durandal and Angular

Getting started

npm install -g gulp jspm yo generator-aurelia
yo aurelia
npm install
jspm install
gulp watch

Status

Public preview
Beta coming out in a few weeks
Real apps in production
Rapid adoption and large, active community

Demo

Next Steps

IE9/IE10 Support
CLI & Bundling
Stabilizing the API
Performance Optimizations
Rich, Interactive Docs
Plugins
Beta

Resources

Thanks!

Aurelia

By Kuba Waliński