10 things about AMD

TOC

1. Simplified CommonJS Wrapper - don't maintain long list of dependencies
2. Cajon - get rid of module wrapper at all
3. Circular Dependencies - avoid, detect and live with those
4. Almond - don't keep XHR loading code when in production
5. text! - don't store all your templates in one template überfile (applies to any other text resource, too)
6. i18n! - localize JS apps right way
7. jQuery - use jQuery in an AMD manner
8. Packages - find the best place for every piece of code
9. Bootstrap - customize your libraries with no effort (applies to many other libs, too)
10. browserify - know alternative

Slides are...

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Server

You need running webserver to be able to use XHR. Just jump to repository root, type python -m SimpleHTTPServer and visit localhost:8000.

Binaries

First - grab node.js from nodejs.org. Then:

• bower: npm install -g bower
• madge: npm install -g madge
• graphviz: aptitude install graphviz (Debian/Ubuntu)
• r.js: npm install -g requirejs
• browserify: npm install -g browserify

Vendors

If directory contains (can be both):

• bower.json, then install vendors with bower install
• package.json, then install vendors with npm install

License

MIT