Question - Explain what is the difference between Angular and Backbone.js?
Answer -
The following are the differences between Angular and Backbone.js
- Architecture: Backbone.js makes use of the MVP architecture and doesn’t offer any data binding process. Angular works on the MVC architecture and makes use of two-way data binding for driving application activity.
- Community Support: Being backed by Google greatly ups the community support received by the Angular framework. Extensive documentation is also available. Although Backbone.js has some community support, it only documents on Underscore.js templates, not much else.
- Data Binding: Angular uses a two-way data binding process and thus is a bit complex. Backbone.js doesn’t have any data binding process and thus has a simplistic API.
- DOM: The prime focus of Angular JS is on valid HTML and dynamic elements that imitate the underlying data for rebuilding the DOM as per the specified rules and then works on the updated data records. Backbone.js follows the direct DOM manipulation approach for representing data and application architecture changes.
- Performance: Thanks to its two-way data binding functionality, Angular offers an impactful performance for both small and large projects. Backbone.js has a significant upper hand in performance over Angular in small data sets or small webpages.
- Templating: Angular supports templating via dynamic HTML attributes. These are added to the document to develop an easy-to-understand application at a functional level. Unlike Angular, Backbone.js uses Underscore.js templates that aren’t fully featured as Angular templates.
- The Approach to Testing: The approach to testing varies greatly between Angular and Backbone.js due to the fact that while the former is preferred for building large applications the latter is ideal for developing smaller webpages or applications. For Angular, unit testing is preferred and the testing process is smoother through the framework. In the case of Backbone.js, the absence of a data binding process allows for a swift testing experience for a single page and small applications.
- Type: Angular is an open-source JS-based front-end web application framework that extends HTML with new attributes. On the other hand, Backbone.js is a lightweight JavaScript library featuring a RESTful JSON interface and MVP framework.