Not a lick of HTML is rendered by our backend in the 1.0 version of Zapier. It's all Backbone.js!
We even have a (unusual?) nested view pattern that really helps us segment complicated logic.
Our co-founder (mikeknoop on HN) even did a talk on Backbone at our local meetup. Maybe Google alerts will bring him here and he'll finally get around to posting it... ;-)
Re:Backbone.js Fundamentals
by dclowd9901 on Thursday April 12, 2012 @11:49AM
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http://nosweaters.com is beginning to incorporate Backbone into its setup (currently utilized in user /home feed and idea suggestion path), and my personal project site, http://showhopping.com is moving from its spaghetti crufty mess to a completely BB/Require setup.
We're using more and more backbone in https://paydirtapp.com - it's currently an integral part of our time-tracker, with the same code base reused in our Chrome and Firefox extensions. We're also using it to drive d3.
I wrote http://www.mineconics.net using Backbone, it solved my jQuery spaghetti and reduced my LoC by about 25%, it made it easier to add new features as well. Thanks for Backbone!
Re:Backbone.js Fundamentals
by oscilloscope on Thursday April 12, 2012 @05:26PM
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A lot of d3.js users use Backbone to manage datasets, and do simple dataflow architectures to link visualizations together.
Re:Backbone.js Fundamentals
by nonrecursive on Thursday April 12, 2012 @10:51AM
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http://openhercules.com is a backbone app
Re:Backbone.js Fundamentals
by jbigelow76 on Thursday April 12, 2012 @11:47AM
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Off topic but I love your explanation of the openhercules name.
Edit: just played with the sample list and the keyboard interaction is pretty impressive too. Nice work.
Re:Backbone.js Fundamentals
by dangrossman on Thursday April 12, 2012 @07:24PM
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http://bookmarkly.com is all Backbone and the code is at https://github.com/dangrossman/Bookmarkly
this site looks awesome and i'd like to use it, but how do i know you'll be around in a year?
http://kandan.me is a backbone app, as well as a few others we've developed at Bushido so far.
Over at kiva.org we got a nifty little project that'll be using Backbone...we hope to have it live in the first week of May...
http://planscope.io is Backbone with a ton of customization
I'm working on http://www.textdropapp.com
yep, backbone has been a huge timesaver. 13 model/collection types, 24 views and counting.
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Re:Backbone.js Fundamentals
by mcsheffrey on Thursday April 12, 2012 @11:42AM
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How can you tell that Pitchfork.com is using backbone?
Take a peek in the JS console:
... once I get a fuller description from them about how they're using it -- I'll post it up.
Why would you use Backbone as a global?
we have used backbone, on http://focal.io and in chrome extension of focal.
We try to rotate in fresh projects into the list of Backbone apps on the homepage:
http://backbonejs.org/#examples
... but there are often many more interesting things out there in the wild than we're necessarily aware of -- for example: Rdio, the new GoogleArtProject.com, and Pitchfork.com. Are you currently working on a fun Backbone app, or have you seen one recently that we might not have heard about?