Riot.js – The 1kb client-side MVP framework

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13 up and 4 down, posted by secoif 3824 days ago 7 comments

qawemlilo 3823 days ago. link 5 points ▲ ▼

This is a jQuery extension(or utility jQuery functions), calling it a MVP framework or comparing it with MV* frameworks/libraries is plain sensationalist and attention seeking.

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charliepops 3823 days ago. link 2 points ▲ ▼

I totally agree with you, still I like the concept and the approach behind Riot.

secoif 3823 days ago. link 2 points ▲ ▼

This achieves a great deal of what these frameworks do with a mere fraction of the technical debt.

qawemlilo 3823 days ago. link 1 point ▲ ▼

Please check the code: https://github.com/moot/riotjs/blob/master/riot.js

And the todo App: https://github.com/moot/riotjs/blob/master/todomvc/api.js, https://github.com/moot/riotjs/blob/master/todomvc/app.js

Looks like jQuery to me.

secoif 3815 days ago. link 1 point ▲ ▼

it doesn't rely on jquery. You can use whatever DOM abstraction you want. This just mounts under the $ namespace. And even if it did, it's still no big deal since jquery isn't a framework; it's just a monolith dom abstraction lib + stuff. jquery doesn't dictate how you structure your app or how you model your data, whilst backbone, angular, knockout, ember etc do. Dictating application structure is where the technical debt comes in as it infects every line of code and is a very difficult decision to back out of.