# Ember without Ember Data

DevFeed: [Ember without Ember Data](<https://devfeed.tech/articles/ember-without-ember-data-40617.md>)

Original publisher: [Read original article](<https://eviltrout.com/blog/2013-03-23-ember-without-data/>)

Published: 2013-03-23T00:00:00Z

Content type: tutorial

Language: en

Sources: [Robin Ward](<https://devfeed.tech/sources/robin-ward.md>)

Topics: [Ember](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/ember.md>), [Persistence](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/persistence.md>), [API](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/api.md>), [jQuery](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/jquery.md>), [HTML](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/html.md>)

Tags: [ajax](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/ajax.md>), [api](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/api.md>), [article](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/article.md>), [ember](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/ember.md>), [javascript](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/javascript.md>), [persistence](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/persistence.md>)

## AI overview

A tutorial explaining that Ember applications can use Ember's object model and AJAX-based data access without relying on Ember Data. It demonstrates modeling Reddit links, binding model properties to Handlebars templates, and accessing Reddit's JSONP API through jQuery.

## Source excerpt

Update May 26, 2014 The concepts in this article are still true, but I've recorded a screencast showing how to use ember without ember data using ember-cli and the latest version of Ember. It goes beyond the contents of this article, showing how to create an adapter, store and even your own identity map. Check it out! Ember Data is a persistence layer for Ember.Js. Unlike Ember, which currently has a candidate for a 1.0 release, Ember Data is still very much a work in progress. This has been a source of confusion for people who are learning Ember, as the two frameworks are complimentary but currently exist in different realms of stability.