[steveklabnik]

I maintain rails-api, and both Yehuda and I have commit to Rails. I just want to mention that while Ember + Rails will be a potent combo, Ember will work great with non-Rails backends as well, and rails-api will work great with other frameworks too. That said, we're working really hard to make sure that Rails 4 + rails-api + Ember 1.0 is a fantastic experience, so watch that space for sure.

[tjlivesey]

Thanks for all the hard work Steve. I have been waiting for ember 1.0 to really give it a proper go but I'm looking forward to it. It seems like a slightly steeper learning curve than something like backbone but I'm sure it will do more for you once you get to grips with it.

[steveklabnik]

<3

The peepcode on Ember is really worth the $12, it's a great introduction. I really believe in what Ember is doing quite a bit.

As far as Ember vs. Backbone, it's like Rails vs. Sinatra: Backbone is 'easier' but then you have to write a ton of stuff yourself. Ember has more going on, but you write a lot less code.

But where Ember really shines is the way it deals with URIs and routing. I think it's super far ahead of other JS frameworks in this respect, and I hope routing.js sees some pickup.