Getting more detail into Ember.js

Question

I have just been told that some of the projects I have to work on use Ember.js framework. It looks interesting and I want to gain more knowledge on it. I have also seen the official site but I think there's still a lack of proper tutorial for a beginner. Moreover, I just have a basic knowledge of Javascript. Where should I begin first? Javascript or head straight to Ember.js?

Edit: I would love to see suggestions from all Javascript developers and beginners how they started learning Javascript.

What I am planning to do is, read Eloquent Javascript and Head straight into Ember.js. If I am stuck on anything I can refer to SO.

Answer 1

Personally, as @sl7_7, I began learning JS with Ember. So my answer should be Ember specific.

I learned them by reading the few tutorials, guide and examples I found, but essentially by reading the source code.

There are a lot of example available, but there are sometimes hard to find. First, a list of useful blogs :

• https://github.com/emberjs/ember.js/wiki
• http://emberjs.com/
• https://kippt.com/zaplitny/emberjs
• http://trek.github.com/ you should read it
• http://emberjs.tumblr.com/ (does not seem to be still updated?)
• http://codebrief.com/ - a blog written by Gordon L. Hempton
• http://www.cerebris.com/blog/ - written by Dan Gebhardt
• http://www.emberist.com/ - another really interesting blog for Ember, written by Peter Wagenet
• http://www.tuanleaded.com/blog/2012/04/getting-started-with-ember-js-the-missing-to-dos-manual/

And then, some examples :

• https://github.com/bazzel/ember-sample2 - a simple and recent Rails & Ember example written in Coffeescript. It contains a useful Ember.Router example
• https://github.com/elucid/ember-tunes - another simple Ember example
• https://github.com/ghempton/ember-router-example - an Ember.Router example
• https://github.com/pangratz/dashboard/ - a simple Github dashboard
• https://speakerdeck.com/bestie/tastebuds-radio-a-rapidly-developed-ember-dot-js-app - A speaker deck on a "rapidly developed app"

It is possible that I forgot many site, so just add a comment and I'll update my answer.

Answer 2

You have to learn javascript first. Ember.js is a library for javascript, and thus is written in javascript, and thus is interfaced through javascript. Starting with ember.js is running before you can walk.

That said, here are a few resources to get you started:

Javascript:

Mozilla Tutorial

Ember.js:

Adobe Tutorial

Answer 3

You would do better learning Javascript first. You can head on to Javascript.is(sexy) by Richard Bovell. He does a magnificent job of teaching JS basic and advanced concepts.