The "Rails of JavaScript" Won't be a Framework

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Argues that the Rails-of-JavaScript is not another framework but a conventions+build layer and shows Lineman (lineman.js) as proof: installable via npm, bootstrap with lineman new, run a fast dev server with lineman run that rebuilds in about 100 milliseconds, interactive tests via Testem and lineman spec ci, static deploys and Heroku buildpack, plugin ecosystem (lineman-bower, lineman-rails), API proxying to Sinatra and API stubbing, and actual projects that cut a 30 minute test build down to ~10 minutes.

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1. 0:00Start
2. 3:36client-side tools
3. 7:15Where are the best tools?
4. 17:04Your yarn is tangled
5. 23:41Starter Projects
6. 26:31overrides configuration
7. 29:3830 minute test build

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