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The way Ember “functions” (even on a very simple application), if Ember is what is being used on the frontend, is actually pretty amazing :-). Route transitions are seamless, or at the very least, they appear to be. What would normally be a page load (if you clicked on a standard link), was made to appear as if everything was pre-loaded the first time the first request was made (the only exception was larger data calls, which were loaded async at near-instant speed).

Ember is still something I’m actually learning and due to the rapid development of the framework, it’s by trial and error (by reading the docs), though given the way it works from a very very basic application standpoint, I’d say it’s entirely possible. If not with Ember alone, then with NodeJS + another application.

I used to be opposed to NodeJS as, let’s face it, Javascript can be a little bloated and from misuse of jQuery in many instances (in standard applications), it’s a reasonable opposition to have. I’ve seen many websites bogged down from horrible coding practices and what I would simply refer to as “slop.”

Over time, however, the more I look at what’s available and what can be done, the more I see more and more utility for NodeJS, whether it’s standalone or in combination with PHP.