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Stop the spaghetti code with BACKBONE.JS Jon Maim Minsh MetaRefresh April 2012

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Super Top Friends

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Data-driven

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You create data models User actions modify data Views automatically update themselves

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Model Collection View Router Data structures

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app router friend model winners model friends collection friend model ... friends view landing view

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[ { "name": "Salman Khan", "id": "2111891" }, { "name": "Kareena Kapoor", "id": "2206317" }, ... { "name": "Aamir Khan", "id": "707513" } ] https://graph.facebook.com/me/friends

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jonmaim.github.com/supertopfriends

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jonmaim.github.com/supertopfriends/#friends

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Super Top Friends http://jonmaim.github.com/supertopfriends

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Why use it?

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< 6KB (gzipped) No assumption about UI widgets Use HTML & CSS Data-driven Maintenable code Long-term fun!

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Caveats

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SEO (AJAX has the same problem)

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Who’s using it?

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Resources [ref] Backbone.JS ~ Jeremy Ashkenas [ebook] Backbone Fundamentals ~ Addy Osmani [videos] Basics, Interactivity, Persistence ~ PeepCode