Cedric's just biased in favour of angular because they use "ng" as a prefix :)
Instead of e.g. liking the way it plays up to the characteristics of javascript and the DOM, rather than trying to shoehorn logic into a paradigm that doesn't quite fit. On 6 Apr 2013 13:59, "John Ament" <[email protected]> wrote: > For anyone who's already comfortable with Java and writes their > controllers, models, or even views in a java like way (e.g. Swing, JSF) > Backbone.js may be a good alternative for the MVC stuff over angular. Your > javascript looks a lot like Java with type inheritance & safety, private vs > public functions, etc. > > On Friday, April 5, 2013 8:52:24 PM UTC-4, Cédric Beust ♔ wrote: >> >> FYI this is a pretty technical book. >> >> I think that it takes a few days for a Java programmer to be reasonably >> fluent in Javascript, the really interesting stuff is not so much the >> language minutia but becoming familiar with the ecosystem (very similar to >> Java in that respect). My suggestions: >> >> - Skip the books for now. Read a few tutorials on the language (the >> most confusing thing is learning what "new" means in Javascript, but even >> that is really not a requirement to become proficient). >> - Learn to use the the debugger and the REPL in either Chrome or >> Firefox. Breakpoint, inspection, etc... it's really as powerful as Eclipse >> or IDEA. >> - Learn a DOM framework (I recommend jQuery). >> - Learn an MVC framework (I recommend Angular). >> - Learn a few utility libraries (e.g. underscore.js). >> - Build an end-to-end application that communicates with a Java back >> end over JSON (this will familiarize you with Ajax) and which will bring >> all these technologies together. >> >> After this, you will know a lot more than a lot of Javascript developers, >> and maybe then you can consider digging into a book if you want to go >> deeper. >> >> -- >> Cédric >> >> >> -- >> Cédric >> >> >> >> On Fri, Apr 5, 2013 at 5:36 PM, Karsten Silz <[email protected]> wrote: >> >>> On Friday, April 5, 2013 1:24:14 PM UTC-4, Lenny P wrote: >>> >>>> Hi, >>>> >>>> Can anyone recommend a good book that explains JavaScript assuming >>>> someone knows Java? >>>> >>> >>> "JavaScript: The Good >>> Parts<http://www.amazon.com/JavaScript-Good-Parts-Douglas-Crockford/dp/0596517742> >>> ". >>> >>> -- >>> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google >>> Groups "Java Posse" group. >>> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send >>> an email to javaposse+...@**googlegroups.com. >>> To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. >>> Visit this group at >>> http://groups.google.com/**group/javaposse?hl=en<http://groups.google.com/group/javaposse?hl=en> >>> . >>> For more options, visit >>> https://groups.google.com/**groups/opt_out<https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out> >>> . >>> >>> >>> >> >> -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "Java Posse" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to [email protected]. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. > Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/javaposse?hl=en. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. > > > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Java Posse" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/javaposse?hl=en. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.
