backbone-server

Implements an in-memory server for Backbone.js http://documentcloud.github.com/backbone/#Sync

This project is a teaching aid. It provides an out-of-the-box server that Backbone.js models can sync with.

It uses the CORS headers to allow cross-origin requests.

Usage

1. Clone the repository

2. Install node.js

3. Install the dependencies with npm install

4. Start the server with node rasterver.js

5. Configure your models / collections with urls in the form http://localhost:8080/[collectionname]

Extras

I added following features apart from original Backbone server.

• Instead of having empty data, I added sample data javascript file(data.js) with sample collection. You can place your own collection in the file.
• Removed idCounter field. The id is created based on the collection length.
• Updated port number from 3002 to 8080.

P.S.

For truly zero-config usage I run a hosted instance of backbone-server at http://withouttheloop.com:8080. Set your model's url to http://withouttheloop.com:8080/[some unique collection id] and it will work magically. I do occassionally restart the service so not recommended for production. ;)