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+##Backback
+
+Backpack is a boilerplate project for personal Backbone.js projects which includes some common items I use in my setup. It is based on a fork of jbasdf's Backbone.js template.
+
+Included in the backpack are:
+=============================
+
+* Backbone.js (AMD patched)
+* Underscore.js (AMD patched)
+* jQuery.js
+* Require.js (latest)
+* i18n.js plugin for RequireJS
+* text plugin for RequireJS
+* jQuery Cookies plugin 
+* Almond
+* r.js with instructions to build the project
+* Jasmine for BDD testing
+
+
+Summary
+===========
+
+The build process will run the application through r.js, replacing require.js with almond.js in production. Information about how the project is built can be found in the app.build.js file in ```public\js```. 
+
+Building
+===========
+
+If you have node installed, the project can be built by running:
+  node public/js/app.build.js
+
+If you would prefer a rake task that completes this task, try:
+  rake build
+
+Using the project
+===================
+
+The backpack comes with a Sinatra application for serving up assets. You'll need both [ruby](http://www.ruby-lang.org/en/downloads/) and bundler installed in order to run this. To get bundler, simply run:
+
+  gem install bundler
+ 
+Follow the instructions at the ruby link above to download and install that dependency. The project can then be run using:
+
+  ruby app.rb
+
+ This will give you the ability to access three URLs:
+
+http://localhost:4567  
+http://localhost:4567/dev
+http://localhost:4567/jquery <-- this file demonstrates how currently require.js will prefer the jquery loaded in the page to the one explicitly defined in the project. 
+
+Patched AMD Backbone and Underscore builds
+===========================================
+
+Backpack already contains patched AMD-compatible versions of Backbone.js and Underscore.js but if wish to grab the latest patched versions of these libraries they can be accessed from:
+
+* https://github.com/amdjs/underscore
+* https://github.com/amdjs/backbone
+
+
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 ===========
 
 If you have node installed, the project can be built by running:
-  node public/js/app.build.js
+```node public/js/app.build.js```
 
 If you would prefer a rake task that completes this task, try:
-  rake build
+```rake build```
 
 Using the project
 ===================
 
 The backpack comes with a Sinatra application for serving up assets. You'll need both [ruby](http://www.ruby-lang.org/en/downloads/) and bundler installed in order to run this. To get bundler, simply run:
 
-  gem install bundler
+```gem install bundler```
  
 Follow the instructions at the ruby link above to download and install that dependency. The project can then be run using:
 
-  ruby app.rb
+```ruby app.rb```
 
- This will give you the ability to access three URLs:
+This will give you the ability to access three URLs:
 
 http://localhost:4567  
 http://localhost:4567/dev
-http://localhost:4567/jquery <-- this file demonstrates how currently require.js will prefer the jquery loaded in the page to the one explicitly defined in the project. 
+http://localhost:4567/jquery Demonstrates how require can prefer the jQuery version loaded in the page to the one defined in the current project
 
 Patched AMD Backbone and Underscore builds
 ===========================================