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Review on Backbone.js by Eric Dailey

Revainrating 4 out of 5

Highly recommended javascript Framework

A really powerful MVC framework for JS that is used in many places like backbone. It's easy to make complex apps using this library! The learning curve can be quite steep when you are coming from other languages though. I would suggest reading through their documentation/tutorial videos or asking questions when you run into issues while implementing something. For example, if you don't understand how callbacks work then they will not help you out very much unless you ask them to show you an example. In my case, one problem was trying to use promises because my server required data before returning anything (but only returned empty results without giving any errors). My solution involved doing some extra steps but backbone has good features built right in which solves most problems very neatly. 1) It's easy for beginners like me2). Easy way out when writing code3), It has lot more use in real world4.), You don't need any additional libraries5.). I have used backbone many times while developing an application which is hosted online or offline6.) The best thing about this framework are its builtin functionality7., If you want some extra help from community then there can be one issue8..

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Pros
  • Easily understood
  • Lots less lines compared with JQuery
  • Less coding time needed.
  • Good support available via github repo
Cons
  • Too complicated initially
  • Not enough examples