JOjohnny_reilly·Aug 12, 2014Submission
4 points · Open discussionknockout
knockout
JavaScript2010–2020
knockout / knockout
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Knockout makes it easier to create rich, responsive UIs with JavaScript
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What it is
Knockout makes it easier to create rich, responsive UIs with JavaScript
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Especially considerring Knockout Model plugin that basically adds Backbone-style capabilities to KO models. Other notable plugins give easy bindings for jQuery UI widgets,…
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Observed mentions: 2010-10-20 13:51:01 UTC to 2020-04-10 08:24:28 UTC.
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| Period | Start (UTC) | End (exclusive, UTC) | Mentions | Submissions | Comments |
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| 2010 | 2010-01-01 00:00:00 UTC | 2011-01-01 00:00:00 UTC | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2011 | 2011-01-01 00:00:00 UTC | 2012-01-01 00:00:00 UTC | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2012 | 2012-01-01 00:00:00 UTC | 2013-01-01 00:00:00 UTC | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2013 | 2013-01-01 00:00:00 UTC | 2014-01-01 00:00:00 UTC | 4 | 0 | 4 |
| 2014 | 2014-01-01 00:00:00 UTC | 2015-01-01 00:00:00 UTC | 5 | 2 | 3 |
| 2015 | 2015-01-01 00:00:00 UTC | 2016-01-01 00:00:00 UTC | 3 | 0 | 3 |
| 2016 | 2016-01-01 00:00:00 UTC | 2017-01-01 00:00:00 UTC | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2017 | 2017-01-01 00:00:00 UTC | 2018-01-01 00:00:00 UTC | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2018 | 2018-01-01 00:00:00 UTC | 2019-01-01 00:00:00 UTC | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2019 | 2019-01-01 00:00:00 UTC | 2020-01-01 00:00:00 UTC | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2020 | 2020-01-01 00:00:00 UTC | 2021-01-01 00:00:00 UTC | 1 | 0 | 1 |
What Hacker News says
5 sourcesThese seem to be React wrappers around KendoUI.
There are wrappers in Knockout for the same library as well.
http://kendo-labs.github.io/knockout-kendo/index.html
Writing custom bindings in Knockout is quite easy.
I also do not understand the appeal of React. Performance is often cited because of the virtual DOM implementation, but for example in this benchmark Knockout is three times faster than React in my browser.
http://vuejs.org/perf/todomvc-benchmark/
The only criticism that can be made against Knockout is the syntax when using observables in bindings (the ugly and error prone parentheses) and lack of reusable components. The first is solvable by using the Knockout-ES5 plugin if we are willing to drop IE6 to IE8 support. As for the second, components are finally comming to Knockout: https://github.com/knockout/knockout/pull/1396
In The Case for React.js and ClojureScriptActual changelog for people interested: https://github.com/knockout/knockout/releases/tag/v3.1.0
TL;DR: "This release focuses mainly on performance and stability/compatibility improvements, plus small enhancements to existing functionality (yes, we're saving the big new features for v3.2). [...]"
In Knockout 3.1 shipsRelease notes: https://github.com/knockout/knockout/releases/tag/v3.1.0
In Knockout 3.1 shipsKnockout Version 3.1.0 Beta released
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