| Thanks for the feedback! I'm the lead developer on RaptorJS and I completely agree that the messaging needs to be improved and that is what we are working on right now. We haven't actually started actively promoting RaptorJS, so yeah, I suppose you could say that it was announced a bit prematurely (thanks zengr!). Nevertheless, the toolset itself is very stable and continuously being improved so can be presently used. While I'm at it, I may as well take this opportunity to try to "sell" you on the merits of this toolset :) RaptorJS is a collection of front-end tools and modules that work really well together, but each module/tool can be used independently. Everything is designed to be optimized and simple to use. There's a lot there so I always recommend that people look at each piece independently: - RaptorJS AMD: Very lightweight (~1.8k gzipped) and optimized AMD implementation that integrates seamlessly with Node and Rhino on the server and works in the browser as well - RaptorJS Optimizer: Extensible tool for optimizing web resources (bundling, minification, compiling resources, etc.) that can be used at runtime or at build time - RaptorJS Async Package Loader: Uses information generated by the RaptorJS Optimizer to optimally download packages of any type of code (JavaScript, CSS, LESS, compiled templates, etc.) - Raptor Templates: An extensible templating language that also works really well for UI layout (embedding UI components, etc.) and allows for really clean HTML templates. Best-in-class performance. Try it out: http://raptorjs.org/raptor-templates/try-online/ - RaptorJS Widget Framework: Simplifies the initialization of widgets associated with rendered UI components (regardless of whether or not they were rendered on the server or the client). Also provides a mechanism for binding widgets to HTML elements and inter-widget communication. Sometimes the easiest way to explain things to developers is through sample apps so I would encourage you to take a look at the following Github repo:
https://github.com/raptorjs/samples Feedback welcome and appreciated. Thanks for looking! |