Backbone.js

A lightweight JavaScript library that allows to develop and structure client side applications that run in a web-browser. Backbone.js enforces that communication to the server should be done entirely through a RESTful API.

First released2010
Developed byJeremy Ashkenas
Latest stable versionBackbone.js v1
Open-sourceYes
Used bymeteorite.bi, Walnut, Kanban Tool

Interesting facts

Backbone is an incredibly small library for the amount of functionality and structure it gives.

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