S01E43: Chris Nelson

2:00 How MVC is shifting from server side to client side 2:53 Backbone.js and CoffeeScript revolutionizing front end development 4:35 Seamlessly structuring client side code with Backbone.js 6:18 The origin of Backbone.js and why it fits naturally with Rails 8:34 How CoffeeScript changed Chris’ approach to front end development 9:00 CoffeeScript as a better syntax for JavaScript 10:00 Where to begin? CoffeeScript for n00bs 11:00 Jasmine: BDD for JavaScript 11:42 Why Jasmine + CoffeeScript = crazy delicious 12:30 The Beautiful Front End Code training course 13:37 How Steve Jobs and the Apple IIe shaped Chris’ introduction to programming 19:15 Chris’ interest in node.js 20:20 Rails 3.1 asset pipeline for managing dependencies in JavaScript 20:40 The npm_assets gem to add npm modules to your Rails asset path Links Training: Beautiful Front End Code with Backbone and CoffeeScript, November 7-8, 2011 in San Francisco, CA Backbone.js Jeremy Ashkenas of Backbone.js on GitHub CoffeeScript Jasmine Screw Unit RubyConf 2011 node.js Rails 3.1 asset pipeline Rails Guide npm_assets gem More about Chris Nelson: Twitter GitHub MysteryCoder blog Gaslight Software