Ember.js in Action

Book excerpt: Summary Ember.js in Action is a crisp tutorial that introduces the Ember.js framework and shows you how to build production-quality web applications. You'll begin with the basic architecture: client- and server-side MVC, integrating Ember.js with your favorite back end, handling data ... and more. You'll explore the amazing Handlebars templating engine that automatically updates your apps when the data behind them changes. Along the way, you'll develop a complete Ember.js application and learn how to deploy, administer, and update it efficiently. Purchase of the print book includes a free eBook in PDF, Kindle, and ePub formats from Manning Publications. About the Technology Ember.js is a JavaScript MVC framework that handles important tasks like managing code modules, maintaining state, and expediting reliable data flow. It provides the patterns, components, and scaffolding you need to build ambitious web applications. About the Book Ember.js in Action introduces the Ember.js framework and shows you how to build full-featured, desktop-quality web applications. You'll begin with the basic architecture: client- and server-side MVC and how to integrate Ember.js with your favorite back end. Then you'll explore the amazing Handlebars templating engine that automatically updates your apps when the data behind them changes. Along the way, you'll develop a complete Ember.js application and learn how to deploy, administer, and update it efficiently. Readers of this book need to know JavaScript. No prior experience with Ember.js is required. What's Inside Working with Ember Data Mastering Handlebars templates Advanced JavaScript techniques Covers Ember.js 1.0 About the Author Joachim Haagen Skeie is an experienced web application developer and the author of Montric, an open source monitoring tool built using Ember.js. Table of Contents PART 1 EMBER.JS FUNDAMENTALS Powering your next ambitious web application The Ember.js way Putting everything together using Ember.js Router Automatically updating templates with Handlebars.js PART 2 BUILDING AMBITIOUS WEB APPS FOR THE REAL WORLD Bringing home the bacon—interfacing with the server side using Ember Data Interfacing with the server side without using Ember Data Writing custom components Testing your Ember.js application PART 3 ADVANCED EMBER.JS TOPICS Authentication through a third-party system—Mozilla Persona The Ember.js run loop—Backburner.js Packaging and deployment