corMVC: An jQuery-based MVC Framework

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Posted on : 12/22/2009 | By : Jimmy Vu | In : Solution, jQuery

I know quite a few JavaScript MVC frameworks out there but corMVC is what makes me exited at most for a few reasons.

corMVC stands for “client-only-required” Model-View-Controller and that means it does not depend on specific server-side technology. In case you want to demo something, it would be perfect if everything can be done on client side. Of course, you can save changes or load data from server (via Model) as the general illustration below.

corMVC Overview

corMVC Overview

Not like other JavaScript MVC solutions, corMVC is very simple and has very small footprint. It also does not require you to build the application using scaffolding or any other command-line utilities.

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10 Alternative JavaScript Frameworks

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Posted on : 09/04/2008 | By : Jimmy Vu | In : Solution

In modern web development, some JavaScript frameworks have made their names like Prototype, Mootools, YUI, JQuery. But if you find them not wholly suitable to your next project there are some other good frameworks out there.

Jacob Gube has given out a nice introduction of “10 alternative and capable JavaScript frameworks/libraries to explore” going over the good of them. Here they are:

  1. SproutCore
  2. Spry
  3. JavaScriptMVC
  4. qooxdoo
  5. midori
  6. Archetype JavaScript Framework
  7. June Framework
  8. UIZE
  9. SimpleJS
  10. Fleegix.js

Some of them provide comprehensive solutions that allow you to build a (complicated) desktop-like application with ready-made components (SproutCore, Spry, qooxdoo, UIZE), other focus on DOM selector and effects with minimal weight and, specifically, framework JavaScriptMVC presents the Model-View-Controller (MVC) architectural pattern to JavaScript.

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