{"id":14530,"date":"2014-08-08T17:22:59","date_gmt":"2014-08-08T11:52:59","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.fusioncharts.com\/?p=14530"},"modified":"2026-01-20T14:36:41","modified_gmt":"2026-01-20T09:06:41","slug":"angularjs-vs-backbone-js-vs-ember-js%e2%80%95choosing-a-javascript-framework-part-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.fusioncharts.com\/blog\/angularjs-vs-backbone-js-vs-ember-js%e2%80%95choosing-a-javascript-framework-part-2\/","title":{"rendered":"JavaScript Frameworks: AngularJS, Backbone.js &amp; Ember.js 2026"},"content":{"rendered":"<p dir=\"ltr\">In the first part of this article we talked about <a href=\"https:\/\/fusioncharts.com\/blog\/angularjs-vs-backbone-js-vs-ember-js%E2%80%95choosing-a-javascript-framework-part-1\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">the questions you need to ask before choosing a JavaScript framework<\/a>. Once we have decided on the need for a framework, we saw how aspects like features of the framework, difficulty-level in learning, external dependencies and the level of community support guide our choice.<\/p>\r\n<p dir=\"ltr\">In this second and concluding part we are going to compare the three most popular JS frameworks namely AngularJS, Backbone.js and Ember.js.<\/p>\r\n<p dir=\"ltr\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-14505\" src=\"https:\/\/www.fusioncharts.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/gallery\/blog\/2014\/07\/AngularJS-Backbone-and-Ember-JavaScript-Framework-300x300.png\" alt=\"AngularJS Backbone and Ember JavaScript Frameworks\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" \/><\/p>\r\n<p dir=\"ltr\">The 5 parameters on which we will evaluate the three frameworks include:<\/p>\r\n\r\n<ul>\r\n \t<li>Size<\/li>\r\n \t<li>Getting started<\/li>\r\n \t<li>Developer productivity<\/li>\r\n \t<li>Community support and popularity<\/li>\r\n \t<li>Users<\/li>\r\n<\/ul>\r\n<p dir=\"ltr\">A quick glimpse into each of the three frameworks and what they do:<\/p>\r\n\r\n<div id=\"ez-toc-container\" class=\"ez-toc-v2_0_71 counter-hierarchy ez-toc-counter ez-toc-grey ez-toc-container-direction\">\n<div class=\"ez-toc-title-container\"><p class=\"ez-toc-title\" style=\"cursor:inherit\">Table of Contents<\/p>\n<\/div><nav><ul class='ez-toc-list ez-toc-list-level-1 ' ><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-1\" href=\"https:\/\/www.fusioncharts.com\/blog\/angularjs-vs-backbone-js-vs-ember-js%e2%80%95choosing-a-javascript-framework-part-2\/#AngularJS\" title=\"AngularJS\">AngularJS<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-2\" href=\"https:\/\/www.fusioncharts.com\/blog\/angularjs-vs-backbone-js-vs-ember-js%e2%80%95choosing-a-javascript-framework-part-2\/#Backbonejs\" title=\"Backbone.js\">Backbone.js<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-3\" href=\"https:\/\/www.fusioncharts.com\/blog\/angularjs-vs-backbone-js-vs-ember-js%e2%80%95choosing-a-javascript-framework-part-2\/#Emberjs\" title=\"Ember.js\">Ember.js<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-4\" href=\"https:\/\/www.fusioncharts.com\/blog\/angularjs-vs-backbone-js-vs-ember-js%e2%80%95choosing-a-javascript-framework-part-2\/#Size\" title=\"Size\">Size<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-5\" href=\"https:\/\/www.fusioncharts.com\/blog\/angularjs-vs-backbone-js-vs-ember-js%e2%80%95choosing-a-javascript-framework-part-2\/#Getting_started\" title=\"Getting started\">Getting started<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-6\" href=\"https:\/\/www.fusioncharts.com\/blog\/angularjs-vs-backbone-js-vs-ember-js%e2%80%95choosing-a-javascript-framework-part-2\/#Developer_productivity\" title=\"Developer productivity\">Developer productivity<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-7\" href=\"https:\/\/www.fusioncharts.com\/blog\/angularjs-vs-backbone-js-vs-ember-js%e2%80%95choosing-a-javascript-framework-part-2\/#Community_Support_Popularity\" title=\"Community Support &amp; Popularity\">Community Support &amp; Popularity<\/a><ul class='ez-toc-list-level-3' ><li class='ez-toc-heading-level-3'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-8\" href=\"https:\/\/www.fusioncharts.com\/blog\/angularjs-vs-backbone-js-vs-ember-js%e2%80%95choosing-a-javascript-framework-part-2\/#Users\" title=\"Users\">Users<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-9\" href=\"https:\/\/www.fusioncharts.com\/blog\/angularjs-vs-backbone-js-vs-ember-js%e2%80%95choosing-a-javascript-framework-part-2\/#Conclusion\" title=\"Conclusion\">Conclusion<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/nav><\/div>\n<h2 dir=\"ltr\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"AngularJS\"><\/span>AngularJS<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\r\n<p dir=\"ltr\"><strong>Who:<\/strong> Developed by Google; used internally by them and MIT licensed.<\/p>\r\n<p dir=\"ltr\"><strong>What:<\/strong> Angular follows the MVC pattern of\u00a0software engineering\u00a0and encourages\u00a0loose coupling\u00a0between presentation, data, and logic components. Using\u00a0dependency injection, Angular brings traditional\u00a0server-side\u00a0services, such as view-dependent controllers, to client-side web applications.<\/p>\r\n<!--more-->\r\n<h2 dir=\"ltr\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Backbonejs\"><\/span>Backbone.js<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\r\n<p dir=\"ltr\"><strong>Who:<\/strong> Developed by Jeremy Ashkenas, (creator of CoffeeScript\u00a0and Underscore.js\u00a0) and DocumentCloud. MIT licensed.<\/p>\r\n<p dir=\"ltr\"><strong>What:<\/strong> JavaScript\u00a0framework with a\u00a0RESTful\u00a0JSON\u00a0interface and is based on the model\u2013view\u2013presenter\u00a0(MVP) application design paradigm.\u00a0It gives structure to web applications by pulling your model out of your DOM and into Backbone\u2019s Model, Collection, and View objects.<\/p>\r\n\r\n<h2 dir=\"ltr\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Emberjs\"><\/span>Ember.js<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\r\n<p dir=\"ltr\"><strong>Who:<\/strong> Developed by Yehuda Katz (a member of the jQuery, Ruby on Rails and SproutCore core teams) and Tom Dale. MIT licensed.<\/p>\r\n<p dir=\"ltr\"><strong>What:<\/strong> Based on the\u00a0model-view-controller\u00a0(MVC) software architectural pattern, it allows developers to create scalable\u00a0single-page applications by incorporating common\u00a0idioms\u00a0and best practices into a framework. Provides a rich object model,\u00a0declarative\u00a0two-way\u00a0data binding, computed properties, automatically-updating\u00a0templates\u00a0powered by\u00a0Handlebars.js, and a router for managing application state.<\/p>\r\n<p dir=\"ltr\">Let us now see how these three frameworks compare against one another.<\/p>\r\n\r\n<h2 dir=\"ltr\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Size\"><\/span>Size<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\r\n<p dir=\"ltr\">Size of the framework is an important parameter because it adds to the overall size of your application. This is especially important if you are building mobile apps.<\/p>\r\n<p dir=\"ltr\">The Gzipped size (no dependencies) of Angular, Backbone and Ember are 36kb (approx), 6.5kb and 90kb respectively.<\/p>\r\n<p dir=\"ltr\">However, both Backbone and Ember have external dependencies.<\/p>\r\n<p dir=\"ltr\">Backbone\u2019s hard dependency is on Underscore.js ( &gt;= 1.5.0). For RESTful persistence, history support via\u00a0Backbone.Router\u00a0and DOM manipulation with\u00a0Backbone.View, jQuery is required and\u00a0for older Internet Explorer support json2.js\u00a0is required.<\/p>\r\n<p dir=\"ltr\">Ember needs jQuery and Handlebars.<\/p>\r\n<p dir=\"ltr\">Angular does not have any external dependencies.<\/p>\r\n<p dir=\"ltr\">The size of the framework affects performance. The trade-off is usually between features and flexibility. The more ambitious and feature- rich a framework is, more is the size and also more difficult it will be to integrate it with others particularly on the same page of an app. The more flexible the framework, less is the size but will require developers to write a lot of code.<\/p>\r\n\r\n<h2 dir=\"ltr\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Getting_started\"><\/span>Getting started<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\r\n<p dir=\"ltr\">Angular is very easy to start with. You can do some awesome things like two-way bindings and out-of-the-box directives and filters just by learning the basics. From there, the learning curve becomes steep. Even the documentation uses many Angular specific jargon.<\/p>\r\n<p dir=\"ltr\">Backbone is the least opinionated of the three frameworks and its basics are therefore very easy to learn. However, the flipside to this is there are no ways to know how to best structure your code. It has fewer conventions than the other frameworks- it does not default to any view template, does not have a default project structure and no in-built testing recipe. It requires the developer to make a lot more decisions.<\/p>\r\n<p dir=\"ltr\">Ember has the steepest learning curve out of the three and requires some learning to get started even on the basic things. It is opinionated about how certain things should be done including how you name your objects and how you organize your files.<\/p>\r\n\r\n<h2 dir=\"ltr\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Developer_productivity\"><\/span>Developer productivity<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\r\n<p dir=\"ltr\">AngularJS may be difficult to learn and may require you to structure your code in a particular way but once you get the hang of things, you can be very productive with it.<\/p>\r\n<p dir=\"ltr\">The key feature of Backbone is flexibility as it is the one with the least conventions and opinions. However, due to its inherent flexibility it requires you to write a lot of boilerplate code which goes against developer productivity.<\/p>\r\n<p dir=\"ltr\">Ember believes in\u00a0conventions over configuration but all you need to do is learn and apply these conventions and then watch Ember do things magically. For example as mentioned in the above point, Ember can get lot of things done for you if you follow its naming conventions. If you have a url route \/stories in the app, then you will have:<\/p>\r\n\r\n<ul>\r\n \t<li dir=\"ltr\">a stories template<\/li>\r\n \t<li dir=\"ltr\">a StoriesRoute<\/li>\r\n \t<li dir=\"ltr\">a StoriesController<\/li>\r\n<\/ul>\r\n<h2 dir=\"ltr\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Community_Support_Popularity\"><\/span>Community Support &amp; Popularity<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\r\n<p dir=\"ltr\">To gauge the community support and popularity for these three frameworks we looked at data from GitHub, Stack Overflow and Twitter and plotted the level of community support based on parameters like:<\/p>\r\n\r\n<ul>\r\n \t<li>All time contributors<\/li>\r\n \t<li>All time commits<\/li>\r\n \t<li>Active pull requests comprising of both merged and proposed (for 1 month)<\/li>\r\n \t<li>Tagged questions on Stack Overflow<\/li>\r\n \t<li>Tweets per day (for 1 month)<\/li>\r\n<\/ul>\r\n<h4 dir=\"ltr\">All time contributors (as on 7th August, 2014)<\/h4>\r\n<p dir=\"ltr\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-14537\" src=\"https:\/\/www.fusioncharts.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/gallery\/blog\/2014\/08\/All-time-contributors1.png\" alt=\"All time contributors\" width=\"510\" height=\"358\" srcset=\"\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/08\/All-time-contributors1.png 510w, \/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/08\/All-time-contributors1-150x105.png 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 510px) 100vw, 510px\" \/><\/p>\r\n<p dir=\"ltr\">All time contributors help to understand the governance style of project\u2015whether it is managed by a small group of people or open to contributions from diverse audience. Angular is a clear winner here. However, you should not overlook the fact that Angular is the oldest (initial release 2009) of the three frameworks and Ember (initial release 2011) is the youngest. Backbone.js initial release was in 2010.<\/p>\r\n\r\n<h4>Commits (as on 7th August, 2014)<\/h4>\r\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-14538\" src=\"https:\/\/www.fusioncharts.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/gallery\/blog\/2014\/08\/All-time-commits.png\" alt=\"All time commits\" width=\"509\" height=\"356\" srcset=\"\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/08\/All-time-commits.png 509w, \/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/08\/All-time-commits-150x105.png 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 509px) 100vw, 509px\" \/>\r\n<p dir=\"ltr\">Angular and Ember seem to be getting some shared love while Backbone lags behind in terms of commits.<\/p>\r\n\r\n<h4>Active pull requests (for 1 month)<\/h4>\r\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-14539\" src=\"https:\/\/www.fusioncharts.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/gallery\/blog\/2014\/08\/Merged-and-proposed-pull-requests.png\" alt=\"Merged and proposed pull requests\" width=\"562\" height=\"357\" srcset=\"\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/08\/Merged-and-proposed-pull-requests.png 562w, \/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/08\/Merged-and-proposed-pull-requests-150x95.png 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 562px) 100vw, 562px\" \/>\r\n<p dir=\"ltr\">Pull requests let you know how many changes (additions, deletions, modifications, etc.) the GitHub community has suggested for a specific framework. Once a pull request is sent, interested parties can review the set of changes, discuss potential modifications, and even push follow-up commits, if necessary. Anyone with push access to the repository can complete the merging of the pull request.<\/p>\r\n<p dir=\"ltr\">This helps to understand how much of the community\u2019s contributions are being integrated into the project\u2019s codebase.\u00a0The higher the percentage of merged pull request, more is the framework open to community contributions.<\/p>\r\n\r\n<h4>Tagged questions on Stack Overflow (as on 7th August, 2014)<\/h4>\r\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-14540\" src=\"https:\/\/www.fusioncharts.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/gallery\/blog\/2014\/08\/tagged-questions-stackoverflow.png\" alt=\"tagged questions stackoverflow\" width=\"510\" height=\"357\" srcset=\"\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/08\/tagged-questions-stackoverflow.png 510w, \/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/08\/tagged-questions-stackoverflow-150x105.png 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 510px) 100vw, 510px\" \/>\r\n<p dir=\"ltr\">The number of tagged questions on Stack Overflow is also an indication of how active a framework\u2019s community is. Angular is a clear winner here.<\/p>\r\n<p dir=\"ltr\">[For details of Stack Overflow data on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.fusioncharts.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/gallery\/blog\/2014\/08\/angular-stackoverflow.png\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Angular<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.fusioncharts.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/gallery\/blog\/2014\/08\/Backbone-Stackoverflow.png\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Backbone<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.fusioncharts.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/gallery\/blog\/2014\/08\/Ember-stackoverflow-Copy.png\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Ember<\/a>]<\/p>\r\n\r\n<h4 dir=\"ltr\">Tweets per day (for 1 month)<\/h4>\r\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-14541\" src=\"https:\/\/www.fusioncharts.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/gallery\/blog\/2014\/08\/tweets-per-day.png\" alt=\"tweets per day\" width=\"925\" height=\"375\" srcset=\"\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/08\/tweets-per-day.png 1321w, \/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/08\/tweets-per-day-150x61.png 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 925px) 100vw, 925px\" \/>We also used Twitter data to understand the popularity of these three frameworks. Here too AngularJS wins by a large margin.\r\n<h3><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Users\"><\/span>Users<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h3>\r\n<p dir=\"ltr\">All three frameworks boast of some big names in their client list.<\/p>\r\n<p dir=\"ltr\">Google, YouTube on PS3, Nike, Huffington Post and many more use AngularJS. [Related read: Built with AngularJS]<\/p>\r\n<p dir=\"ltr\">Twitter, Foursquare, LinkedIn Mobile, Soundcloud, etc. use Backbone.js. [Related read: <a href=\"https:\/\/github.com\/jashkenas\/backbone\/wiki\/Projects-and-Companies-using-Backbone\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Projects and Companies using Backbone<\/a>]<\/p>\r\n<p dir=\"ltr\">Yahoo, Groupon, Zendesk, Square and many more use Ember.js to power their apps. [Related read: <a href=\"https:\/\/emberjs.com\/ember-users\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">See who\u2019s using Ember.js<\/a>]<\/p>\r\n\r\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Conclusion\"><\/span>Conclusion<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\r\n<p dir=\"ltr\">Each JavaScript framework has its unique set of advantages and disadvantages and it would be unfair to say that one is better than the other. They all have a similar goal-to make the process of application development faster. The choice of the right framework depends to a large extent on the kind of application you are trying to build and your personal preferences as a developer.<\/p>\r\n<p dir=\"ltr\">Based on our experience, we would however suggest the following:<\/p>\r\n\r\n<ul>\r\n \t<li dir=\"ltr\">If you can handle a slightly steep learning curve and are looking for a mature framework that is complete in itself, go for Angular.<\/li>\r\n \t<li dir=\"ltr\">If you do not like too much control and are looking for a framework that offers easy REST api data access plus routing, go for Backbone. Be prepared to write a lot of boilerplate code, though.<\/li>\r\n \t<li dir=\"ltr\">If you are looking for a framework that seeks to rival native apps and reduce the amount of time and code it takes to write a web app with, go for Ember. Be prepared for a lot of initial roadblocks in terms of learning.<\/li>\r\n<\/ul>\r\n<p dir=\"ltr\"><em>Now over to you. Which framework did you choose for building your application and why? Share your thoughts and lessons in the comment section below.<\/em><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In the first part of this article we talked about the questions you need to ask before choosing a JavaScript framework. Once we have decided on the need for a framework, we saw how aspects like features of the framework, difficulty-level in learning, external dependencies and the level of community support guide our choice. 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