I’ve been developing web applications using Rails since transitioning from PHP a few years back. Recently, there’s a noticeable trend to adapt Rails as solely a RESTful backend while employing frontend frameworks like Backbone.js for user interface needs. What are your thoughts on this approach? Do you believe this will become the standard moving forward? Additionally, are there any other frontend frameworks aside from Backbone.js that could fulfill this role? If I plan to create both desktop and mobile versions of my application, is this a viable solution? This would mean maintaining a single backend while having various frontend services, reducing the need to handle all views in Rails. Appreciate your insights!
Using Rails as a RESTful backend with frameworks like Backbone.js is quite popular. I’ve tried Vue.js too for a strong interaction interface, and it works nice! It’s worth a look if u’re considering alternatives. For mobile and desktop, you might wanna explore React Native as well. Good luck!