Introduction to emberjs for Rails developer. Also, introduction to using ember-appkit-rails gem

1. Rich RoR app with
EMBERJS
in 2 minutes

2. Vysakh Sreenivasan
@vysakh0
submify.com

3. what is
Emberjs

4. Browser based js
MVC framework
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5. 2
Architected like iOS, Android
but in Browser
that isn’t being rendered by
server

6. Convention over
Configuration
“Don’t waste time making trivial choices. Ember.js incorporates
common idioms so you can focus on what makes your app
special, not reinventing the wheel.”
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7. url - where browser beats native

8. Core principle of Ember
url
should drive the design of the
app
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10. Ember community

11. Yehuda Katz
●
Ruby on Rails, JQuery core teams
● TC39, the cross-industry group
developing new JavaScript
features.
● W3C’s TAG, which determines a
wide range of web standards
chaired by Tim Berners-Lee

12. Tom Dale
Apple software engineer in
MobileMe & iCloud applications
Evangelizes emberjs in twitter and in
the internet
p.s: This is not Russel Crowe :P

13. Apps & Companies
using emberjs

14. an open source app by

15. Few other companies
http://emberjs.com/ember-users/

17. Why ember?
When there is my full stack
Rails

18. Makes it like native app
talks to server when only needed

19. More interactive, rich
its javascript on steroids yo!

20. Next gen App
This is how web apps will be,
should be

21. Ember & Rails
using ember-appkit-rails gem

22. rails new project
echo "gem 'ember-appkit-rails',
github: 'dockyard/ember-appkit-rails'" >> Gemfile
bundle install
rails g ember:bootstrap
rails s

23. http://localhost:3000

24. Scaffold posts
echo "{{outlet}}" >> app/templates/application.hbs
rails g scaffold posts titile:string body:text --ember
rake db:migrate

25. http://localhost:3000/#/posts
http://localhost:3000/#/posts/new

26. Ember Appkit Rails
- feels like Rails 4+
- MVC js under Rails structure
- Generators
- teaspoon test runner for js
(default)

27. It’s a shame
to wait till tomorrow

28. Learning resources

29. emberjs.com/guides
emberwatch.com

30. Stuck? Lost?
stackOverflow
discuss.emberjs.com

31. bye