Developing Backbone.js Applications
Building Better JavaScript Applications
by Addy Osmani
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Start with the basics of MVC, SPA, and Backbone, then get your hands dirty building sample applications - a simple Todo list app, a RESTful book library app, and a modular app with Backbone and RequireJS. Author Addy Osmani, an engineer for Google's Chrome team, also demonstrates advanced uses of the framework.
- Learn how Backbone.js brings MVC benefits to the client-side;
- Write code that can be easily read, structured, and extended;
- Work with the Backbone.Marionette and Thorax extension frameworks;
- Solve common problems you'll encounter when using Backbone.js;
- Organize your code into modules with AMD and RequireJS;
- Paginate data for your Collections with the Backbone.Paginator plugin;
- Bootstrap a new Backbone.js application with boilerplate code;
- Use Backbone with jQuery Mobile and resolve routing problems between the two;
- Unit-test your Backbone apps with Jasmine, QUnit, and SinonJS. 
Book Description
If you want to build your site's frontend with the single-page application (SPA) model, this hands-on book shows you how to get the job done with Backbone.js. You'll learn how to create structured JavaScript applications, using Backbone's own flavor of model-view-controller (MVC) architecture.Start with the basics of MVC, SPA, and Backbone, then get your hands dirty building sample applications - a simple Todo list app, a RESTful book library app, and a modular app with Backbone and RequireJS. Author Addy Osmani, an engineer for Google's Chrome team, also demonstrates advanced uses of the framework.
- Learn how Backbone.js brings MVC benefits to the client-side;
- Write code that can be easily read, structured, and extended;
- Work with the Backbone.Marionette and Thorax extension frameworks;
- Solve common problems you'll encounter when using Backbone.js;
- Organize your code into modules with AMD and RequireJS;
- Paginate data for your Collections with the Backbone.Paginator plugin;
- Bootstrap a new Backbone.js application with boilerplate code;
- Use Backbone with jQuery Mobile and resolve routing problems between the two;
- Unit-test your Backbone apps with Jasmine, QUnit, and SinonJS.
This open book is licensed under a Creative Commons License (CC BY-NC-ND). You can download Developing Backbone.js Applications ebook for free in PDF format (4.9 MB).
Table of Contents
Introduction
Fundamentals
Backbone Basics
Exercise 1: Todos - Your First Backbone.js App
Exercise 2: Book Library - Your First RESTful Backbone.js App
Backbone Extensions
Common Problems & Solutions
Modular Development
Exercise 3: Your First Modular Backbone + RequireJS App
Paginating Backbone.js Requests & Collections
Backbone Boilerplate And Grunt-BBB
Backbone & jQuery Mobile
Unit Testing
Jasmine
QUnit
SinonJS
Book Details
Title
Developing Backbone.js Applications
Subject
Computer Science
Publisher
O'Reilly Media
Published
2013
Pages
346
Edition
1
Language
English
ISBN13 Digital
9781449328252
ISBN10 Digital
1449328253
PDF Size
4.9 MB
License
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