Model-View-Websockets
summary
Argues that combining MV patterns with an event-driven layer and WebSockets replaces many AJAX flows: shows concrete stacks (Twitter/Flight, Airbnb using Backbone server+client, Meteor), demos a global pub/sub that pipes DOM events and socket messages into a shared server-driven application control flow, and uses socket.open/onmessage/emit semantics and socket.io + backbone.duo* for syncing. Claims desktop browsers support WebSockets, mobile is spotty, batching and local caching prevent noisy updates, and implementation is simple and proven.
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chapters (28)
- 0:00Start
- 1:06ah, JavaScript
- 3:13win some/lose some
- 4:03implementation issues
- 5:02some approaches
- 7:32Model-View
- 9:46Event-Driven Architectures
- 10:40events and objects
- 11:06events themselves
- 11:47EDA in JavaScript
- 12:54dealing with data
- 13:48the views
- 14:48the action
- 17:58how we do it (now)
- 18:42framework choices
- 19:39a controller
- 22:02a viewmodel
- 24:16when it's tricky
- 26:24not your mama's comet bi-directional
- 27:06available now
- 27:38uses
- 29:28event piping
- 30:34EDA + WebSockets
- 32:01DIY WebSockets
- 34:14socket.io example
- 35:43connecting it
- 38:13sockets for control
- 39:31collection.js
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