default route

[tmjfitch]

The code in index.js:

routes: {
"": "index"
}

didn't work for me. I'm a newbie to backbone.js but I tried using:

routes: {
"*path": "index"
}

to make a default route and it appears to be working.

[tbranyen]

Did you run the application through the provided server?

[tmjfitch]

I tried running the demo app, and that worked fine (with its minified and uglified code though stepping through was not easy). When I downloaded the source and tried running it though the app failed. Blank page, and I added a console.log('hi') into the default router (index function). It never got hit.

When I added the above fix with *path instead of a blank string it worked fine.

[tbranyen]

@tmjfitch how did you run the app? Did you use the node build server command? If not, you'll need to set the root property in the Backbone.history.start

The route doesn't need to be changed.

[tmjfitch]

@tbranyen Thanks Tim, like I said, I'm a backbone newb :) for now I'll set the Backbone.history.start value and work up to building with node.

[tbranyen]

No problem man, lemme know if that doesn't work.