Backbone.js
Backbone.js is a JavaScript library designed for single-page web applications.
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Description
Backbone.js provides a variety of features related to web applications.
web applications (e.g. multiple clients and the server) synchronized.
Backbone is known for being lightweight, as its only dependency is on one JavaScript library, Underscore.js.
Ajax web applications
Backbone is commonly used to implement web applications using Ajax.
RESTful interface
RESTful interface and
Model-view-presenter
Backbone is based on the Model–view–presenter (MVP) paradigm.
Model-view-presenter divides a computer program into three parts, each with a specific responsibility:
- The model
- The view
- The presenter
Discussion
Siddarth describes Backbone.js:
Backbone is ideally suited for creating front end heavy, data driven applications. Think the GMail interface, new Twitter or any other revelation of the past few years. It makes creating complex apps easier.
Author
Backbone was created by Jeremy Ashkenas, who is also known for CoffeeScript.
See also
- Ajax (programming)
- CoffeeScript
- JavaScript
- Jeremy Ashkenas
- JSON
- Library (computing)
- Model–view–presenter
- Single-page application
- Web application
External Links
- Backbone.js @ Wikipedia
- Backbone.js Hello World by Ravishankar Radhakrishnan @ codepen.io
- Backbone.js for Absolute Beginners - Getting Started (Part 1: Intro) by Adrian Mejia
- Build a Contacts Manager Using Backbone.js by Dan Wellman
- Backbone.js Tutorial - Beginners - Thomas Davis @ YouTube
- Backbone.js Tutorials @ cdnjs.com
- Backbone.js Hello World @ jsfiddle.com
- Backbone.js Hello World by Stephanie Kim @ GitHub
- Getting Started with Backbone.js by Siddarth @ tutsplus.com
- Developing Backbone.js Applications by Addy Osmani
- Live BackBoneJS Projects, Challenges & Examples @
