Why Ember.js?
Linkedin folks out there.... Why Ember.js? Is it due to technical reason? Or more like politics and act of dictatorship by biased leadership? Where are the free will? (...jk...)
I had same question. It’s a mess.... reacts is present and web components is future. LinkedIn technology stack is too old. I was reached by LinkedIn recruiter multiple time to work on ember.
I wouldn’t push toward a specific library but at least give a good reason....linkedin stack seemed old to me too
Same reason why any company is still using old tech.
Always heard that the creator of LinkedIn was good friends with the guy who created Ember
Well, I’m a big fan of Ember. Turned down by LinkedIn even though I have years of Ember experience. AMA
When was that? And why Ember over others?
Just a few months ago. Pulled big favor for the referral. Interview talked nothing about Ember. I’m guessing Ember experience is not a factor for consideration. For large and complex apps that have years of lifetime and can’t afford a rewrite, Ember had been around for that long. “Stability without stagnation” is more than marketing terms, it’s reality. Ghost started with Ember and just recently released 2.0 and apparently they are up to date with Ember 3. There are a few where I consider to be the killer feature of Ember. 1) The Ember CLI ecosystem. An Ember addon is more than just another library, it’s an entire build pipeline. S3 Deployment and PWA are all just one install away. 2) The Ember object model. Vue has some of these, but Ember has it at a much more generic level. Computed property makes state management a breeze, and they are generic enough you can build your own class with it. You’re welcome to drop by the Yahoo Ember slack channel to say hello.
There’s a big doc on our wiki explaining why they picked Ember over other frameworks. This was back in 2012 and it kinda made sense cos all they wanted was stability. That said they seemed short sighted not considering how fast frontend in general evolves. PS: I hate ember and working on our products is fucking pain in the ass.
What’s the specific pain point?
No reason to use Ember.js nowadays
This guy fucks spot on 🤣