Backbone.js
Sign in to saveBackbone.js is a JavaScript rich-client web app framework based on the model–view–controller design paradigm, intended to connect to an API over a RESTful JSON interface. Backbone has only hard dependency, which is on one JavaScript library, Underscore.js,. jQuery can also be optionally used for the library. It is designed for developing single-page web applications, and for keeping various parts of web applications (e.g. multiple clients and the server) synchronized. Backbone was created by Jeremy Ashkenas, who is also known for CoffeeScript and Underscore.js.
Key facts
- Software.name
- Backbone.js
- Software.logo
- Backbone.js logo.svg
- Software.logo size
- 200px
- Software.developer
- Jeremy Ashkenas
- Software.programming language
- JavaScript
- Software.operating system
- Cross-platform
- Software.size
- 7.9 KB production72 KB development
- Software.genre
- JavaScript library
- Software.license
- MIT
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Source code
Backbone supplies structure to JavaScript-heavy applications by providing models with key-value binding and custom events, collections with a rich API of enumerable functions, views with declarative event handling, and connects it all to your existing application over a RESTful JSON interface.
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Wikidata facts
- Official website
- backbonejs.org
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- publication date
- 2010-10-13
- source code repository URL
- github.com/jashkenas/backbone
- software version identifier
- 1.6.1
- Stack Exchange tag
- stackoverflow.com/tags/backbone.js
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Backbone.js is a JavaScript rich-client web app framework based on the model–view–controller design paradigm, intended to connect to an API over a RESTful JSON interface. Backbone has only hard dependency, which is on one JavaScript library, Underscore.js,. jQuery can also be optionally used for the library. It is designed for developing single-page web applications, and for keeping various parts of web applications (e.g. multiple clients and the server) synchronized. Backbone was created by Jeremy Ashkenas, who is also known for CoffeeScript and Underscore.js.
When handling the DOM Backbone.js adopts an imperative programming style, in contrast with a declarative programming style (common in AngularJS using data-attributes). Trying to provide "the minimal set of data-structuring (models and collections) and user interface (views and URLs)", leaves to the developer the choice of extensions for enhanced functionality. For example, one can use nested views with Backbone Layout Manager or model-view binding with ReSTbasis.