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by greghinch 4700 days ago
Don't worry so much about picking the right tools. Just pick something that is popular and start using it. You want something that is popular to start with because a) there will be a large support community and b) there will be more jobs available for someone who knows a popular framework. That second point is most important, because until you start building/working on an in-production project, most of your efforts will be purely academic. Once you have some years of experience under your belt, you can reflect on the technologies you know and figure out where you would like to grow into next.

Ultimately, the goal is to be in a position where you can confidently examine new and old frameworks and techniques, and make confident, informed decisions about what to use. But at the beginning of your career, you won't have the experience and perspective to make those decisions, so just start working on something and don't worry about making sure it's the 100% right thing for all time.

Good luck!
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sahrizv 4700 days ago
Thanks for reminding me of the employment aspect! For the popularity, I believe both ember and angular have large communities. I checked the jobs and angular although leading here, is comparable to ember in terms of job opportunities.
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gphreak 4699 days ago
If you look at Google trends there is a massive spike in Angular interest: http://www.google.com/trends/explore#q=angularjs%2C%20emberj...

I'm not saying this should play the biggest part in your descision, but it's worth noting. I implemented 2 small apps in both frameworks, giving me a small fixed amount of time for each. I liked both, Angular gave me less head-scratching and out-of-the-box Twitter Bootstrap integration.

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delambo 4699 days ago
Another consideration is the projects that have been built with each framework. That can help you gauge popularity, where the jobs are, where you could get a job (or potentially poach someone from), and the capabilities of each library/framework:

http://backbonejs.org/#examples

http://emberjs.com/ember-users/

http://builtwith.angularjs.org/

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