List of Javascript Frameworks You Heard The Most In Recent Times

Following is a list of javascript framework that you might have heard most in recent times, and wanted to have a quick understanding about them. Lets try and understand their definition and their applicability in terms when would you want to use them.

1. Node.js: Following is definition of node.js from their website (http://www.nodejs.org):Node.js is a platform built on Chrome’s JavaScript runtime for easily building fast, scalable network applications. Node.js uses an event-driven, non-blocking I/O model that makes it lightweight and efficient, perfect for data-intensive real-time applications that run across distributed devices.Node.js can become consideration for some of following use-cases:
   • Need to maintain persistent connection between browser back to the server. In other words, it is best suited for real-time applications such as online games, collaboration tools, chat rooms, or anything where what one user does with the application needs to be seen by other users immediately, without a page refresh.
   • Best suited for the cases where the code might block due to threads. Refer non-blocking IO model of node.js. Refer the diagram below.

     Event-driven Non-blocking IO

   Following are some of the good references for understanding node.js:

   1. Understanding the node.js event loop
   2. Diving into Node.js – Introduction & Installation
   3. Let’s Make a Web App: Nodepad
   4. Stackoverflow page on How to decide when to use NodeJS?
   5. Stackexchange page on node.js
2. Backbone.js: Following is definition of backbone.js from their website (http://www.backbonejs.org/):Backbone.js gives structure to web applications by providing models with key-value binding and custom events, collections with a rich API of enumerable functions,views with declarative event handling, and connects it all to your existing API over a RESTful JSON interface.

   Following are some of the good references for understanding backbone.js:

   • http://backbone-dot-js-intro.heroku.com/
3. Angular.js
4. Jquery.js