mutewinter / why_ember

Why should I use Ember.js? A presentation about Ember.js built with Ember.js.

Why Ember?

Why should I use Ember.js? JavaScript MVC frameworks are plentiful. In this presentation I will give you some compelling reasons to consider Ember.

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Running Locally

This presentation is built using Brunch.io, which compiles the CoffeeScript, Handlebars templates, and Stylus stylesheets.

Depdendancies

• Node brew install node
• Brunch npm install -g brunch

Setup Brunch

You'll need to install the plugins required for this project.

  npm install

Starting the Server

Run this command inside the why_ember folder.

  brunch watch --server

Now open http://localhost:3333. Whenever you make a change to a file the browser will be automatically refreshed. Thanks auto-reload-brunch!

Libraries and Frameworks Used

• Ember.js - Duh.
• jQuery - Required for Ember
• Brunch - Asset Compilation
• Node - For Brunch
• Stylus - CSS Templating