Re:Backbone.js by example
by wmwong on Wednesday January 18, 2012 @01:56PM
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I started looking at Backbone.js over the last few days.
I started with reading the documentation[1]. It is very well documented and contains a wealth of information.
Then I took a look at the Todo example[2] referenced in the documentation. It is also very well documented and puts together all the basics of the documentation into one clean example.
At this point, I started branching out into other tutorials. Everything I read basically reiterated the documentation and example above. This was good in terms of drilling the ideas into my head more solidly, but I could have stopped after the Todo example.
There was one notable tutorial though that was very different. Backbone provides a framework, but does not specify a structured way to store or load files. I believe this is on purpose. Backbone concentrates on the framework and gets out of your way. This leaves some head scratching though. This tutorial[3] combines Backbone.js with Require.js and provides an intriguing solution.
I started with reading the documentation[1]. It is very well documented and contains a wealth of information.
Then I took a look at the Todo example[2] referenced in the documentation. It is also very well documented and puts together all the basics of the documentation into one clean example.
At this point, I started branching out into other tutorials. Everything I read basically reiterated the documentation and example above. This was good in terms of drilling the ideas into my head more solidly, but I could have stopped after the Todo example.
There was one notable tutorial though that was very different. Backbone provides a framework, but does not specify a structured way to store or load files. I believe this is on purpose. Backbone concentrates on the framework and gets out of your way. This leaves some head scratching though. This tutorial[3] combines Backbone.js with Require.js and provides an intriguing solution.
[1] http://documentcloud.github.com/backbone/ [2] http://documentcloud.github.com/backbone/docs/todos.html [3] http://backbonetutorials.com/organizing-backbone-using-modul...