Architecture for reusable object in ember

Question

I am building an admin dashboard using ember. I want to create a reusable chart object of which I can have multiple instances throughout the application. The chart object should

Answer 1

I have some thoughts on this, so just throwing it out there, in case it helps you.

First of all, I would advise you to go and watch Sam Selikoff's presentation on using Ember with D3. All the info here: http://www.samselikoff.com/blog/2013/08/09/ember-d3-simple-dashboards/ . Also, don't miss the comments section on the blog post.

It is a great example on using Ember Views to wrap D3 objects, and can be a good reusable solution. The caveat here is that Ember Views require a backing controller that provides the data. Depending on where in the application you would want to reuse your charts, this might be inconvenience.

The alternative would be to use Ember Components. In that case, you just need to define the Component and associated handlebars template. The good thing about it is that it won't need any backing controller, therefore freeing you from a dependency, which might make it easier for you to add such a component in different places of your application. Without a concrete example, I think it's hard to reach a great conclusion, but maybe this will help you clarify things.