This is a presentation for your kickstart into backbone js. This will let you know the basic things about backbone js.

2. What is BackBone.js
• BackBone is a Javascript Framework
• Created by Jeremy Ashkenas in 2010, an author
of CoffeeScript
• It’s a layer above existing JavaScript DOM
manipulation libraries like jQuery, Zepto etc

3. BackBone.js Features
• Minimalistic
• Modular
• Perfect OOP design
• Over 100 available extensions:
https://github.com/documentcloud/backbone/wiki/Exte
nsions,-Plugins,-Resources
• Community

4. Main Concepts
• Model
• Collection
• View
• Router
• Events

5. Model
• Persist data
• Manipulate data
• Validate data
• Trigger an event on add, change data
• Create a new model by calling:
var SomeModel = Backbone.Model.extend({
defaults: {
SomeKey: ‘some value’
}
});

6. View
• Rendering logic
• Use template
• Act as controller
• Update model
• Create a new view by calling:
var SomeView = Backbone.View.extend({
initialize: function () {
// initialize content goes here
}
});

7. Model and View Binding
el : This is used to get the element of DOM
model : This is used to point/bind the view with model

8. Controller Collection
• It is a collection of models
• Manage ordered set of models
• Create a new collection by calling:

9. Router
• This is useful feature for JavaScript application which need URL routing.
• Router maps URL to actions
• Create a new collection by calling:
When URL matches with url-pattern it executes function actionFunction

10. Events
• Events is a module that can be mixed in to any object, giving the object the ability
to bind and trigger custom named events
• In the example below an event invokes a method/function in a view.