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Amplify.js, jQuery, CoffeeScript
April 27, 2011
45:03
21.97 MB
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Wynn caught up with Mike Hostetler and Scott González from AppendTo to talk about Amplify.js, jQuery, CoffeeScript, Microsoft, the web, and open source.
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- AppendTo offers training and consulting for jQuery.
- Amplify.js is a set of components designed to solve common web application problems with a simplistic API.
- Mike Hostetler is CEO at AppendTo.
- Scott González works on jQuery UI.
amplify.requestmakes building JavaScript API wrapper easier, providing hooks for mocking transport and payload transformation.amplify.storeis a wrapper for various persistent client-side storage systems and provides advanced features such as cache expiration.- Amplify’s PubSub system provides offers advanced options for handling custom events including priority.
- The AppendTo guys weigh in on the all-in-one vs. best-of-breed JavaScript framework debate.
- Wynn asks how Microsoft’s adoption of jQuery has led to its adoption.
- DamianEdwards worked to get jQuery UI packages for Nuget.
- Rails now includes CoffeeScript by default.
- Wynn loves
cake. - CommonJS aims to create a standard library for JavaScript.
- Keep an eye out for AppendTo’s new Learn site, a JavaScript 101 course for newcomers.