On this episode I interview Tom Dale, who helped create Ember.js about how Ember differentiates itself from other frameworks with a robust router as well as what's going on with Ember.Data. This is front-end developer cast episode 3.

Tom Dale helped create Ember.js which has rapidly been gaining momentum in the ongoing JavaScript MVC debate since releasing version 1 in the fall of last year. For those who aren't as familiar Ember it's a JavaScript MVC or Model View Whatever framework similar to AngularJS but differentiates itself with a robust router that is a full state-machine as well as supporting nested routes and templates.

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Resources

Ember.js

Stop Breaking the Web: Tom Dale talk at JSConf EU 2013  (demo at end of talk)

Ember Data

Tom Dale's Blog 

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Craig McKeachie: [0:00 ] On this episode, I interviewed Tom Dale who helped create Ember.js about how Ember differentiates itself from other frameworks with a robust router as well as what's going on with Ember data. This is Front-End Developer Cast, Episode Three.

[0:14 ] [background music]

Craig: [0:24 ] Welcome to the Front-End Developer Cast, the podcast that helps developers be awesome at building ambitious web applications, whether you're a JavaScript ninja or you're just getting started. I'm your host, Craig McKeachie.

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[1:05 ] Personally, I'm still adjusting to not having an office job lately, and working on my book, but really enjoying being around my family more. I was just the mystery reader in my son's second grade class today and got to walk him home on a nice spring day.

[1:18 ] The book I'm writing on "Choosing a Single-Page Application Framework for Your Project," is coming along well.

[1:24 ] I've written close to 30,000 words at this point. I have just a few more chapters and lots of editing to do, but I decided to make it available for pre-sale on my site at Funnyant.com in the next couple of weeks. I'll keep you updated.

[1:37 ] Let's move on to today's interview with Tom Dale, who helped create Ember.js, which has rapidly been gaining momentum in the ongoing JavaScript MVC debates since releasing version 1 in the fall of last year.

[1:48 ] For those who aren't familiar with Ember, it's a JavaScript MVC or model view whatever framework, similar to Angular.js, but differentiates itself with a robust router that is a full-state machine as well as supporting nested routes and templates.

[2:01 ] Here's the interview.

Craig: [2:02 ] Hi. I'm lucky today to have Tom Dale with me, one of the creators and founders of Ember.js. Real excited to have him on the program, needs not much of an introduction here [chuckles] .

Tom Dale: [2:14 ] Thank you Craig, thank you very much for having me.

Craig: [2:15 ] I don't hear a lot of people talk about, "What do you do for a day job?" and "How does this all tie back to this Ember.js stuff?"

Tom: [2:21 ] Sure, yeah. I think a lot of people think that people who go around and travel to conferences and work on open source probably have a big corporate sugar daddy, which is maybe even true.

[2:30 ] I think for both Yehuda and I, being independent was really important.