Whether you need a new tool or just inspiration, Seven Web Frameworks
in Seven Weeks explores modern options, giving you a taste of each with
ideas that will help you create better apps. You'll see frameworks that
leverage modern programming languages, employ unique architectures, live
client-side instead of server-side, or embrace type systems. You'll see
everything from familiar Ruby and JavaScript to the more exotic Erlang,
Haskell, and Clojure.
The rapid evolution of web apps demands innovative solutions: this
survey of frameworks and their unique perspectives will inspire you and
get you thinking in new ways to meet the challenges you face daily.
This book covers seven web frameworks that are influencing modern web
applications and changing web development: Sinatra, CanJS, AngularJS,
Ring, Webmachine, Yesod, Immutant. Each of these web frameworks brings
unique and powerful ideas to bear on building apps.
Embrace the simplicity of Sinatra, which sheds the trappings of large
frameworks and gets back to basics with Ruby. Live in the client with
CanJS, and create apps with JavaScript in the browser. Be declarative
with AngularJS; say what you want, not how to do it, with a mixture of
declarative HTML and JavaScript. Turn the web into data with Ring, and
use Clojure to make data your puppet. Become a master of advanced HTTP
with Webmachine, and focus the power of Erlang. Prove web theorems with
Yesod; see how Haskell's advanced type system isn't just for academics.
Develop in luxury with Immutant, an enlightened take on the enterprise
framework.
Seven Web Frameworks will influence your work, no matter which
framework you currently use.
Welcome to a wider web.
What You Need:
You'll need Windows, MacOS X or Linux, along with your favorite web
browser. Each chapter will cover what you need to download and which
language versions are required.
