Angular.js vs Knockout.js vs Backbone.js

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Beaver21 picture Beaver21 · Sep 26, 2013 · Viewed 129k times · Source

I am considering to use either Knockout or Angular or Backbone for my personal project. I need to build some bigger, longer-running client-side interactions to go with my server-side stuff.

I want a simple and effective way to manage data-driven user interfaces.

Which framework would you choose to solve my problem described above based on the feasibility as well as the performance aspect?

Answer

aet picture aet · Sep 26, 2013

It depends on the nature of your application. And, since you did not describe it in great detail, it is an impossible question to answer. I find Backbone to be the easiest, but I work in Angular all day. Performance is more up to the coder than the framework, in my opinion.

Are you doing heavy DOM manipulation? I would use jQuery and Backbone.

Very data driven app? Angular with its nice data binding.

Game programming? None - direct to canvas; maybe a game engine.

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