1. GIVE YOURSELF SOME
BACKBONE
Ryan Weald
isurfsoftware.com
Monday, February 28, 2011

2. WHAT IS BACKBONE.JS?
•Lightweight MVC framework
•Model - View - Controller & Collections
•Way to organize your Javascript
•Slightly different MVC from Rails
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3. CHANGING THE FLOW
Rails Model
Rails Controller
Rails View
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4. CHANGING THE FLOW
Rails Model
Rails Controller
Backbone Model
Backbone Controller
Backbone View
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5. WHY WOULD I WANT THAT
•Easier to test your Javascript
•Makes your Rails app a simple REST API
•Simplify your Ajax
•Offload computation to the client
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6. CODE SAMPLE
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7. RESOURCES
http://documentcloud.github.com/backbone/
http://www.jamesyu.org/2011/01/27/
cloudedit-a-backbone-js-tutorial-by-example/
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8. DONE!
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9. DONE!
Ryan Weald
isurfsoftware.com
github.com/rweald
twitter.com/ucsd_surfNerd
Monday, February 28, 2011