flungster's musings

some more insight into our JS architecture @ Gilt

gilt-tech:

Templating is a powerful way of separating concerns on the front end. It’s a natural fit for Gilt’s platform, since much of our content comes to the front end from services that return JSON. Sometimes that JSON is rendered in JSPs with JSTL, but sometimes it’s better to render it with JavaScript.

gilt-tech:

Few people would argue the importance of great communication across a development organization. It’s vital that developers are aware of the work of their peers, not only the “what”, but also the “how” and “why”.

 
Achieving this is easier said than done. Traditional approaches such as wiki…