Roost Resources

resources.md

Roostagram Useful Links

Tools

Editors

• vim
• SublimeText

Node

• node.js
  • npm (included with node)

Grunt

• Grunt
  • Tasks:
    • grunt-contrib-clean
    • grunt-contrib-connect
    • grunt-contrib-copy
    • grunt-contrib-jade
    • grunt-contrib-jshint
    • grunt-contrib-requirejs
    • grunt-contrib-stylus
    • grunt-contrib-watch
    • mocha
    • mocha-test

Backbone

• Backbone
• Underscore.js or lodash
• jQuery or zepto.js
• Community Resources:
  • IRC: #documentcloud on http://irc.freenode.com
  • Discussion group: http://groups.google.com/group/backbonejs/topics
  • Stack Overflow: http://stackoverflow.com/questions/tagged/backbone.js
• Plugins:
  • https://github.com/scttnlsn/backbone.io
  • https://github.com/derickbailey/backbone.marionette
  • https://github.com/jeromegn/Backbone.localStorage

Bower Client-side Package Manager

• Bower

AMD / RequireJS

• RequireJS
• Simplified CommonJS Style in Require

API Server

• Express
• Sqlite3

Stylus

• Stylus
• Nib

Browser APIs

• FileReader
• getUserMedia

VintageJS

• VintageJS

Unit Testing

• Test Runners:
  • Mocha
• Assertion Libraries
  • Should
  • Expect.js
  • Chai
• Mocks and Spies
  • Sinon.JS

Integration Testing

• Selenium

Templating

• Jade
• HTML2Jade Sublime Plugin

PushState

• Routing for PushState

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Architecture and Theory

Design Patterns

• Design Patterns: Elements of Reusable Object-Oriented Software, by Gamma, et al
• Design Patterns Explained, by Shalloway and Trott
• Head First Design Patterns, by Freeman and Freeman

DRY Principle and Refactoring

• The Pragmatic Programmer
• Orthogonality and the DRY Principle
• Stop Over-Engineering! (PDF)
• Refactoring: Improving the Design of Existing Code

Semantic Versioning

• SemVer Spec