How we use Backbone.js to build Codiqa – Part 1: API

http://blog.codiqa.com/2012/05/how-we-use-backbone-js-to-build-codiqa-part-1-api/

by yesimahuman • 14 years ago

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theatrus2• 14 years ago

So, how would this compare to Ember?

yesimahuman2• 14 years ago

I've never used Ember but I've heard good things. I'm going to look into it right now. One thing I love about Backbone is how simple it is. It seems complicated at first but it's really just a nice wrapper around some simple concepts.

SkyMarshal• 14 years ago

http://www.quora.com/What-are-the-key-differences-between-Em...

http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=3460632

http://www.reddit.com/r/rails/comments/q6vvu/spinejs_vs_back...

http://stackoverflow.com/questions/10099059/whats-are-the-ke...

etc...

zgohr• 14 years ago

Excellent article. Did you run into any major pain points when ramping up with Backbone? Any resources you used that you would recommend to a newcomer?

yesimahuman2• 14 years ago

Thanks! Yes, I had some issues with dealing with collections, and also tying collections in with views. Really it was more of a mismatch between what I expected and what I should have expected. Additionally, making the mistake of assigning data on the prototype of an object rather than the instance itself was an initial mistake I was making but I that's just a JS gotcha.

Really the best resource I found was just googling for examples. I didn't find the Todo example very helpful because it's not network oriented, but it does help for views.

zafriedman• 14 years ago

+1 for wrapping your back-end resources as a Backbone.js model

How we use Backbone.js to build Codiqa – Part 1: API

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