Learning Backbone.js

Learn how to build out your web pages and keep your code organized with the lightweight and nimble JavaScript library Backbone.js.

Introduction

• Welcome
• What you should know
• Using the exercise files

1. Getting Started

• What is Backbone?
• Understanding Backbone and other Model-View-Controller (MVC) libraries
• Setting up our files

2. Models and Collections

• Adding properties to the model
• Watching for model changes
• Creating a collection of models
• Challenge: Create a new model and watch when it changes
• Solution: Create a new model and watch when it changes

3. Views

• Understanding views
• Adding properties to the model view
• Creating and configuring templates
• Creating a collection view
• Loading model data on a webpage
• Challenge: Create a template
• Solution: Create a template

4. Events and Routers

• Understanding Backbone events
• Configuring routes
• Understanding how route links work

Conclusion

• Additional Backbone resources
• Goodbye