Question

I currently have a LARGE single-page application, with each html “view” being built purely with jQuery DOM creation/manipulation. The javascript files are ridiculously large, and adding or changing a view is a very complex process. I started thinking about using backbone.js and templating. However, if I use templating, will I lose the ability to bind jQuery events and data to elements?

Answer 1

No, you can still apply all your jQuery magic to your resulting DOM elements. Templating will simplify the process of creating DOM elements, but the result is the same and can be used identically.