Getting into Ember.js: The Next Steps

In his introductory article, Rey Bango went over the basics of the Ember.js framework, and the foundational concepts for building an Ember application. In this follow-up article, we’ll dive deeper into specific areas of the framework to understand how many of the features work together to abstract the complexities of single-page application development.

A Basic App

He noted previously that the easiest way to get the files you need is to go to the Ember.js Github repo and pull down the start kit, and that still holds true. This boilerplate kit includes all the files that you’ll need to kickstart your Ember experience, so be sure to download it from this article.

The interesting thing is that the starter kit is also a great example of a very basic Ember app. Let’s walk through it to gain an understanding of what’s going on. Note that he’ll be digging deeper into specific areas later, so don’t worry if something doesn’t make immediate sense in this section. It’s more to give you a high-level understanding of the functionality before diving into the details.