Vic minustime

Since Ractive is solely concerned with rendering UI (like React), it doesn't have any opinions about where its data comes from and goes to. In theory this makes it ultra-flexible (want to use WebSockets? Fine. Want to use the Backbone adaptor? Also fine) but in practice we could probably do a much better job of coming up with some decent patterns and creating tutorials out of them, since this is a question that comes up often.

It's totally possible to just use jQuery (or AJAX lib of your choice), and do this sort of thing:

var updating;

getJSON(endpoint + '/' + id + '.json').then(function (data) {
  if (updating) return; // prevent infinite loops!

	# 1. Install brew --> http://brew.sh/
	# 2. run the following commands in your Terminal
	brew tap homebrew/dupes
	brew tap homebrew/versions
	brew tap homebrew/homebrew-php
	brew install --with-openssl curl
	brew install --with-homebrew-curl --with-apache php71
	brew install php71-mcrypt php71-imagick
	# 3. Follow these instructions to make Apache and php-cli use the newer php executable and make the change persist after reboot.
	brew info php71

	function createStore (reducers) {
	var state = reducers()
	const store = {
	dispatch: (action) => {
	state = reducers(state, action)
	},
	getState: () => {
	return state
	}
	}

	// Get twitter status for given account (or for the default one, "PhantomJS")

	var page = require('webpage').create(),
	twitterUsername = '',
	twitterPassword = ''; //< default value

	// Route "console.log()" calls from within the Page context to the main Phantom context (i.e. current "this")
	page.onConsoleMessage = function(msg) {
	console.log(msg);
	};