SO1E43 - Chris Nelson

2:00 How MVC is shifting from server side to client side
2:53 Backbone.js and CoffeeScript revolutionizing front end development
4:35 Seamlessly structuring client side code with Backbone.js
6:18 The origin of Backbone.js and why it fits naturally with Rails
8:34 How CoffeeScript changed Chris’ approach to front end development
9:00 CoffeeScript as a better syntax for JavaScript
10:00 Where to begin? CoffeeScript for n00bs
11:00 Jasmine: BDD for JavaScript
11:42 Why Jasmine + CoffeeScript = crazy delicious
12:30 The Beautiful Front End Code training course
13:37 How Steve Jobs and the Apple IIe shaped Chris’ introduction to programming
19:15 Chris’ interest in node.js
20:20 Rails 3.1 asset pipeline for managing dependencies in JavaScript
20:40 The npm_assets gem to add npm modules to your Rails asset path