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Seven Web Frameworks in Seven Weeks
The rapid evolution of web apps demands innovative solutions: this survey of frameworks and their unique perspectives will inspire you and get you thinking in new ways to meet the challenges you face daily.
This book covers seven web frameworks that are influencing modern web applications and changing web development: Sinatra, CanJS, AngularJS, Ring, Webmachine, Yesod, Immutant. Each of these web frameworks brings unique and powerful ideas to bear on building apps.
Embrace the simplicity of Sinatra, which sheds the trappings of large frameworks and gets back to basics with Ruby. Live in the client with CanJS, and create apps with JavaScript in the browser. Be declarative with AngularJS; say what you want, not how to do it, with a mixture of declarative HTML and JavaScript. Turn the web into data with Ring, and use Clojure to make data your puppet. Become a master of advanced HTTP with Webmachine, and focus the power of Erlang. Prove web theorems with Yesod; see how Haskell’s advanced type system isn’t just for academics. Develop in luxury with Immutant, an enlightened take on the enterprise framework.
Seven Web Frameworks will influence your work, no matter which framework you currently use.
Welcome to a wider web.
This book covers seven web frameworks that are influencing modern web applications and changing web development: Sinatra, CanJS, AngularJS, Ring, Webmachine, Yesod, Immutant. Each of these web frameworks brings unique and powerful ideas to bear on building apps.
Embrace the simplicity of Sinatra, which sheds the trappings of large frameworks and gets back to basics with Ruby. Live in the client with CanJS, and create apps with JavaScript in the browser. Be declarative with AngularJS; say what you want, not how to do it, with a mixture of declarative HTML and JavaScript. Turn the web into data with Ring, and use Clojure to make data your puppet. Become a master of advanced HTTP with Webmachine, and focus the power of Erlang. Prove web theorems with Yesod; see how Haskell’s advanced type system isn’t just for academics. Develop in luxury with Immutant, an enlightened take on the enterprise framework.
Seven Web Frameworks will influence your work, no matter which framework you currently use.
Welcome to a wider web.
300 pages, ebook
First published December 31, 2013
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February 1, 2017
So far, this is my least favorite book in "Seven things in seven weeks" series. I don't think it is author's fault, it's more like Web Frameworks are not substantially different at their core. But also a lot of pages are spent on basics for each programming language and tools, instead of talking specifically about web frameworks.
In any case, it's not bad, and I definitely enjoyed chapters about Ring, Webmachine and Immutant - something that average front/back-end developer is less likely to be familiar with (unlike Sinatra or AngularJS).
In any case, it's not bad, and I definitely enjoyed chapters about Ring, Webmachine and Immutant - something that average front/back-end developer is less likely to be familiar with (unlike Sinatra or AngularJS).
March 20, 2016
For me the format of the 7 in 7 is not working in this book. Comparing web frameworks that use multiple languages is beyond the apple vs. bananas comparison. You not only have the different styles of the web frameworks, but in addition you also have a completely different programming languages in the mix. You end up with so many moving parts that you lose any reference to compare them.
November 12, 2014
Just the introduction to Immutant alone is worth the read. However each chapter is very useful to get going with each of these very cool frameworks. It helps to know a bit about functional languages before starting as there are erlang, clojure, and haskell frameworks.
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