DDD North - Introduction to Backbone.js

Running the application

1. Clone the repository

2. Install Ruby

   • I wrote it against 1.9.2 but it may work against 1.8.7, I've not used anything new

3. Install bundler

4. bundle install

5. ruby server.rb

6. Go to http://localhost:4567/ in your browser

   • I only tested the application in Chrome so it might not work in other browsers at all, patches gratefully received

Be aware that this is a demonstration application so it's running against an in-memory database of sorts (an array) and you will lose any data you put into it when you stop the server.

Frameworks

Backbone.js

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.

Underscore.js

Underscore is a utility-belt library for JavaScript that provides a lot of the functional programming support that you would expect in Prototype.js (or Ruby), but without extending any of the built-in JavaScript objects. It's the tie to go along with jQuery's tux.

jQuery

jQuery is a fast and concise JavaScript Library that simplifies HTML document traversing, event handling, animating, and Ajax interactions for rapid web development.

ICanHaz.js

ICanHaz is a simple & powerful client-side templating for jQuery or Zepto.js leveraging mustache.