#backbone js

So at the moment I’m having to help evaluate which javascript framework would be better to use on a project however the choice is down to either backbone or angular (sadly elm is out of the equation). It’s not such an easy choice though, I have to say I’m currently leaning towards backbone as it seems to be a lot lighter and less intrusive, particularly as the sort of things the project requires won’t feature masses of dynamic pages and it almost certainly isn’t going to be a single page app. Still I’m not 100% convinced either way.

AngularJS vs. Backbone.js vs. Ember.js

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Recently, I wrote a simple app to consume my test web service which I setup in different domain. When I run the app, the chrome console throw this error: "Origin ... is not allowed by Access-Control-Allow-Origin."

I concluded that by default Backbone JS won't do anything to enable JSONP. So, after digging the documentation and source code, I discover two way to allow JSONP request.

The first method is by overriding options of Sync function. Here is the code snippet:

var FriendCollection = Backbone.Collection.extend({     model: Friend,     url: "http://myrest.com/friends",     sync: function(method, model, options){       options.dataType = "jsonp";       return Backbone.sync(method, model, options);     } });

The second method is by adding "callback=?" to the URL querystring, and Backbone will magically turn the data-type into JSONP. 

Fast CSS, How Browsers Lay Out Web Pages: Máirín Duffy went to SXSW, making a lot of notes (and maybe transcriptions) of talks. This one is about technical backgrounds how browsers render web content.

The Open Data Handbook: This handbook introduces you to the legal, social and technical aspects of open data. It can be used by anyone but is especially useful for those working with government data. It discusses the why, what and how of open data – why to go open, what open is, and the how to do open.

The History of Open Source Software: an infographic about Open Source software from the 60ies to now, it inlcudes some numbers, involved parties, products and meanings.

A Patent Lie, How Yahoo Weaponized My Work: Andy Baio wrote some strong words about how your work could get misused years later after you accepted patenting, he closes: "Software patents should be abolished, plain and simple. Software is already covered by copyright, making patent protection unnecessary."

Word wrapping/hyphenation using CSS: good tutorial abouth what is currently possible and how you can adjust word-wrapping and hyphenation via your project stylesheets. If you think this would be just micro-optimization, you are propably wrong.