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This morning I was reading this blog "Rich JavaScript Applications – the Seven Frameworks" (http://blog.stevensanderson.com/2012/08 ... f-js-2012/) which was intended to "take the seven top JavaScript frameworks/libraries for single-page and rich JavaScript applications — AngularJS, Backbone, Batman, CanJS, Ember, Meteor, Knockout, Spine — get the creators of all of them in one location, and compare the technologies head to head."

I think it is a problem that YUI3 isn't being mentioned in these kind of lists and discussions, especially since it has a large company behind it with full time development happening. I have been prototyping our next large js app in YUI3, Ember and Angular and though I'm personally liking the YUI3 version the best, I'm worried about committing to it if it will always be harder to find others using it, especially considering hiring people with experience.

I think it would help if some of the core people (especially Eric?) made it a point to get YUI in these kind of discussions.

Also,

YUI we've worked withAddy Osmani's to include YUI in his two projects:

TodoMVC (using YUI 3.6.0): http://todomvc.com/
Journey Through The JavaScript MVC Jungle: http://coding.smashingmagazine.com/2012 ... vc-jungle/

I would like to know what you guys think of the AngularJS project (built on top of jquery) and if there is anything that you think you could learn/take from it?

Certainly if you look at the todoMVC code for angular it is very short and simple and they seem to
have identified a good deal of boilerplate which has got to be a win for developers.

Is there any fit for something similar in YUI?

Hmm, thanks for your reply, I was quite taken with the simplicity of what I first saw, and have been trying to work through the sample project to learn more. It does give you mixed feelings - a sort of awe over how simple they have made things yet a fear of losing granularity over what you are doing.

I would also comment that it's not nearly as comprehensive a library as yui, but simply an MVC library (so just the components similar to Y.App).

I have to say though some of it can seem quite compelling which is why I was wondering if it any 'good' parts could be learnt from. However after reading through the docs some more it becomes apparent that it is completely different to yui.

Still interesting though! and as regards to those wonky decisions and sanity of design - I wouldn't know (which is why I asked the question here) - but I would be interested to know more!

Very interesting topic, Could you expand on why you think AngularJS is scary?
IE 6 and 7 are not a concern for me when it comes to considering AngularJS, if that makes any difference.

I agree that there seems to be perhaps a bit too much magic which could result in some debugging challenges down the road, but the minimal amount of boilerplate required to get two way binding is quite tempting.

Thanks