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Asked: 2026-05-23T22:28:21+00:00

I’m just getting started with backbone, based on what I read, I couldn’t tell

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I’m just getting started with backbone, based on what I read, I couldn’t tell the difference.
Here is a description from backbone’s website

Backbone supplies structure to JavaScript-heavy applications by providing models with key-value binding and custom events, collections with a rich API of enumerable functions, views with declarative event handling, and connects it all to your existing application over a RESTful JSON interface.

Doesn’t jQuery do event binding, etc nicely already?

What purpose does backbone serves?

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    What purpose does backbone serves?

    Backbone supplies structure to JavaScript-heavy applications by providing models with key-value binding and custom events, collections with a rich API of enumerable functions, views with declarative event handling, and connects it all to your existing application over a RESTful JSON interface.

    jQuery is a DOM manipulation library.

    Backbone allows you to organize and structure your code into data and presentation.

    It also gives you access to _ which has an awesome set of functional utilities and it hooks up your data to a REST API.

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