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Backbone vs React brainstorm
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React.js

Pros:

  • handles data binding & templating
  • dynamic updating of view - only changes what's required, intelligent, throttled updating

Cons:

  • can't load JSX file and read/render from PHP
  • requires odd JSX JS template files
  • relatively young, immature framework
  • no experience with React at 10up
  • unknown quality/breadth of documentation

Notes:

Backbone & Handlebars

Pros:

  • handlebars is clean, easy to read, write

  • handlebars is language agnostic (can be loaded/read by PHP if need be)

  • can compress template files via grunt, load only when needed - no need to use empty divs

  • more mature framework

  • multiple backbone users at 10up

  • lots of documentation/examples

Cons:

  • Have to build your own data binding
  • no logic in handlebars template files
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