Welcome to the future of JavaScript frameworks
Kuba Waliński
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
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
JavaScript a few years ago
JavaScript today
node.js
JavaScript front and back
Knockout.js
promising beginnings
Angular.js
the elephant in the room
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
by Judah Gabriel Himango
The state of JavaScript
in 2015
by Jimmy Breck-Mckye
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!
