What, no React/Flux? How can this be a serious comparison without React?

megaman821 · on Aug 21, 2014

React + what? Is there a standard router/controller and model that get's used with React?

I think they just could have added the line "As an alternative to using underscore templates in Backbone, you can use React instead."

compedit · on Aug 21, 2014

There's no standards, but at this point I'd say Flux + React-router are quickly becoming it. react-router is made in the spirit of Ember's which is pretty well liked.

- Flux Architecture Pattern [0]

- React Router [1]

Note that there isn't really a prescribed model in Angular aside from $scope either.

[0] - http://facebook.github.io/flux/

[1] - https://github.com/rackt/react-router

megaman821 · on Aug 21, 2014

I like react-router that looks quite nice. Flux looks like a description of an idea rather a JavaScript library. Is there a flux store that persists to a REST backend?

A model really isn't part of Angular core since it was split out but something like angular-resource is what I am talking about.

compedit · on Aug 21, 2014

I'd recommend looking at the docs on Flux, it explains it all better than I could.

andrewvc · on Aug 21, 2014

Well, react/flux completely replaces backbone except for the router. The models go away completely, as do the views.

nacs · on Aug 21, 2014

There are a couple React-only routers but a lot of React.js people (including myself) use Backbone for the router/controller.

andrewvc · on Aug 21, 2014

I'm actually using 'director' which works great, much simpler.

quangv · on Aug 21, 2014

Yes, agreed ? I prefer it over Angular/Ember/Backbone

cnp · on Aug 21, 2014

Far superior, far simpler, but it's not exactly a framework :/

kaonashi · on Aug 21, 2014

Which is exactly why you should choose it.

swah · on Aug 21, 2014

How could I do something like http://ichord.github.com/At.js in React?

kaonashi · on Aug 21, 2014

React would handle the DOM; you would have to have some data model that handles the autocomplete list/cursor position and then feeds the results back into the react component.

cnp · on Aug 23, 2014

Exactly :)

capkutay · on Aug 21, 2014

Flux might still be in the early adopter phase. Version 0.11 might be nice for side projects, but I'd feel uncomfortable trying to deploy a commercial app using a project that has been available to the public for less than 6 months.