10 Best JavaScript Frameworks and Libraries
Apr. 11, 2015The difference between Frameworks and Libraries
Often when discussing any programming related technology, the words Frameworks and Libraries are used interchangeably. However, there is a difference between the two. Alibraryis a collection of functions which your code can call whenever it needs them. Libraries can save lots of time by providing pre-written code for commonly used functions.
Aframeworkis often a collection of software libraries which provide a proper, defined interface to application programming (i.e. creating apps). Frameworks are different from libraries due to some unique features likeinversion of control. This basically means that in a framework, unlike in libraries or normal user applications, the overall program’s flow of control is not dictated by the caller, but by the framework.
AngularJS is an open-source web app development framework by Google, based on JavaScript. AngularJS aims to be for dynamic web applications what HTML is for static web pages. AngularJS extends HTML, and has extremely powerful features like deep linking, and client side form validation without any extra JavaScript code. AngularJS provides server communication too, so you do not have to worry about using more software and thus more programming languages, for the backend of your app.
Angular even lets you create new HTML elements, using a feature called directives. Components are one of the most useful features of AngularJS. Using Components you can create code that is easily reusable. It also lets you hide complex DOM structures, CSS, and behaviors.
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You can read more about how models, key-value bindings, and views (which can perform declarative event handling) come together to form Backbone’s API, in their documentation.
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Ember uses jQuery to fetch data models from the server, so if you know jQuery, you can easily retrieve JSON stored on the server.
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