Changelog Interviews

Spine and Client-Side MVC

Listen Later

Wynn caught up with Alex MacCaw to talk about Spine, CoffeeScript, writing books, and working at Twitter.

Join the discussion

Changelog++ members support our work, get closer to the metal, and make the ads disappear. Join today!

Featuring:

  • Alex MacCaw – Website, GitHub, X
  • Wynn Netherland – GitHub, X

Show Notes:

  • Alex MacCaw, O’Reilly writer and open source developer now working on the front-end for Twitter.
  • Spine Lightweight MVC library for building JavaScript applications, inspired by Backbone.
  • Spine is written in CoffeeScript
  • Eco is Alex’s favorite client-side templating engine.
  • Alex suggests trying to use the same templating engine server-side and client-side, perhaps with Mustache, is a pipe dream.
  • Spine integrates with Rails out of the box.
  • Hem is like Bundler but for Node.js.
  • Juggernaut enables realtime server push with node.js, WebSockets and Comet
  • Spine.app “Effortlessly generate Spine, CoffeeScript and Hem applications. Spine.App gives your applications structure, CommonJS modules, a development server and more.”
  • Alex is working on The Little Book on CoffeeScript in printed form for O’Reilly.
  • JavaScript Web Apps covers building client-side MVC apps in a framework agnostic way.
  • Twitter is hiring! Got the chops? Get in touch.
  • Jeremy Ashkenas is Alex’s programming hero.

    • Something missing or broken? PRs welcome!

    ...more
    View all episodesView all episodes
    Download on the App Store
    Changelog InterviewsBy Changelog Media
    • 5
    • 5
    • 5
    • 5
    • 5

    5

    5 ratings

    More shows like Changelog Interviews

    View all
    Planet Money by NPR

    Planet Money

    30,842 Listeners

    The Changelog: Software Development, Open Source by Changelog Media

    The Changelog: Software Development, Open Source

    284 Listeners

    Conversations with Tyler by Mercatus Center at George Mason University

    Conversations with Tyler

    2,395 Listeners

    Twenty Thousand Hertz by Dallas Taylor

    Twenty Thousand Hertz

    3,926 Listeners

    Python Bytes by Michael Kennedy and Brian Okken

    Python Bytes

    215 Listeners

    NVIDIA AI Podcast by NVIDIA

    NVIDIA AI Podcast

    331 Listeners

    Syntax - Tasty Web Development Treats by Wes Bos & Scott Tolinski - Full Stack JavaScript Web Developers

    Syntax - Tasty Web Development Treats

    987 Listeners

    Darknet Diaries by Jack Rhysider

    Darknet Diaries

    7,909 Listeners

    Sean Carroll's Mindscape: Science, Society, Philosophy, Culture, Arts, and Ideas by Sean Carroll | Wondery

    Sean Carroll's Mindscape: Science, Society, Philosophy, Culture, Arts, and Ideas

    4,142 Listeners

    Practical AI by Practical AI LLC

    Practical AI

    192 Listeners

    Dwarkesh Podcast by Dwarkesh Patel

    Dwarkesh Podcast

    417 Listeners

    Oxide and Friends by Oxide Computer Company

    Oxide and Friends

    47 Listeners

    The AI Daily Brief (Formerly The AI Breakdown): Artificial Intelligence News and Analysis by Nathaniel Whittemore

    The AI Daily Brief (Formerly The AI Breakdown): Artificial Intelligence News and Analysis

    485 Listeners

    Changelog News by Changelog Media

    Changelog News

    13 Listeners

    Changelog & Friends by Changelog Media

    Changelog & Friends

    2 Listeners