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BONE.IO Realtime HTML5 Framework

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BRAD CARLETON Founder/CTO at Tech Pines

TECH PINES Builds cutting-edge HTML5/Node.js Apps

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ASSET RACK (2,346 installs/mo, 196 Github Stars)

EXPRESS.IO (820 installs/mo, 206 Github Stars)

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WHY WOULD I WRITE THIS

BONE.IO THING IN THE FIRST PLACE?

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STARTED OUT WITH THE BACKBONE,

AND THOUGHT, WOW THIS IS GREAT.

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THEN DECIDED TO THROW IN

SOCKET.IO...

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PROBLEM #1:Socket.io is really low level,

listening for ‘connection’ events just feels dirty.

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PROBLEM #2:Oh wait, Backbone kind of sucks…

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•Backbone.View based on a single DOM element

• I’m not smart enough to Memory manage

views (that’s why I’m a javascript developer)

•Models and Collections, are we even modeling anything?

•Why is there no middleware for the router?

•Backbone.sync breaks with every new version

•Events everywhere, never really know what’s going on

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WHAT I’D LIKE TO DO:

•Hookup “hot” data to the DOM

•Build reusable, practical, realtime widgets

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WHAT IS BI-DIRECTIONAL

COMMUNICATION FROM 30,000FT?

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ENTER THE SKELETON MAN:

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BONE.IO MODULES TO THE RESCUE:

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VIEWS THAT ARE BASED ON “SELECTORS” NOT INDIVIDUAL DOM ELEMENTS:

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TALK IS CHEAP, SHOW ME TEH CODEZ.

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We bought the beer and pizza!

We node what we’re doing, and also we’re hiring...

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