Ember.js
JavaScript framework
Ember.js is an open-source JavaScript web framework that utilizes a component-service pattern. It is designed with the aim to allow developers to create scalable single-page web applications by incorporating common idioms, best practices, and patterns from other single-page-app ecosystem patterns into the framework.
Ember is used on websites including HashiCorp, DigitalOcean, Apple Music, Square, Inc., Intercom, Discourse, Groupon, LinkedIn, Live Nation, Ghost, Nordstrom, and Twitch. Although primarily considered a framework for the web, it is also possible to build desktop and mobile applications with Ember when utilizing a hybrid app pattern. The most notable example of an Ember desktop application is Apple Music, a feature of the iTunes desktop application.
The Ember trademark is owned by Tilde Inc.
History
In December 2011, the SproutCore 2.0 framework was renamed to Ember.js, to reduce confusion between the application framework and the widget library of SproutCore 1.0. The framework was created by Yehuda Katz who was a member of the jQuery, Ruby on Rails and SproutCore core teams.
Design
According to the company, Ember was designed around four key ideas:
Web applications
Ember sets out to provide a solution to the client-side application problem.
More productivity
Ember is one component of a set of tools to provide a development stack.
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