Surviving the Framework Hype Cycle

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Uses the Gartner hype cycle to decide which JS and back-end tools to learn now versus later, maps three concrete roles—Pioneers settlers town planners—to stages, and gives actionable signals: where Ember React Angular and Backbone sit today, what “peak chasing” pitches look like (e.g. “intersection of X and Y” or tiny micro‑frameworks), and when a prototype typically takes six months to become production ready. Recommends picking tools that aim for the Plateau of Productivity, warns against riding every trend, and explains which role should explore, adopt, or scale each technology.

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1. 0:00Start
2. 5:12PAIN POINT: THE TECHNOLOGY YOU USE IS "DEAD"
3. 15:27LIGHTHTTPD/FASTCGI BUILT IN SOAP (!?!) "BRAVE SOULS"
4. 17:04MERB MERGE & AREL ENTERPRISE USAGE & SOA CODE SCHOOLS RAILS AS API SERVER
5. 18:281. Extracting a shareable library from one of your side projects 2. Improving someone's documentation 3. Automating a tedious deploy process
6. 25:11CREATE HOLISTIC, NATIVE WEB APPS
7. 27:24SELECT FOR COMMUNITY FIT
8. 27:35WHAT DO YOUR SMARTEST, NICEST, MOST HELPFUL FRIENDS USE?
9. 31:16HOW DID EMBER "CROSS THE CHASM"?
10. 33:02YOU CAN AFFORD TO FIRE YOUR BOSS

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