Sproutcore 1.5 released

by joegaudet on 4/21/2011, 2:06 AM with 26 comments
  • by jmathai on 4/21/2011, 3:32 AM

    I'm sure it's got its merits but the Sproutcore site does a horrible job explaining what it excels at.

    For example, on the Demos and Sample Code page it has me install a ruby gem.

    http://www.sproutcore.com/demos/

    What the hell? You lost my interest at ruby and the command line.

  • by tomdale on 4/21/2011, 4:30 AM

    Leaving out screenshots or a demo of the new theme was definitely an oversight on our part. Sorry!

    I've put up a build of our sample controls app that demonstrates the new controls:

    http://samplecontrols.strobeapp.com/

  • by joegaudet on 4/21/2011, 5:27 AM

    We (matygo) use SC for our client side app, and once we got over the learning curve we came to really enjoy it. The reason I posted this was there is a lot of great stuff they put into 1.5 that should lower the barrier to entry for a lot of people :)

  • by user24 on 4/21/2011, 9:00 AM

    We're seriously considering sproutcore for our next web project. Personally I'm a little uneasy about investing so completely. I mean it's nothing like jQuery or other libraries where you just sprinkle it here and there, it's an entire development methodology. It'll be interesting to see how it goes.

    Would be really great to see some feedback from other users.

  • by moomin on 4/21/2011, 2:39 PM

    I'd be interested in the templating stuff as a jQuery plug-in. As it is, knockout.js is a lot less violent for someone working with an existing application.