backbone 1.5.0

Backbone.js is a powerful tool that brings structure to JavaScript-heavy applications. It provides models with key-value binding, collections with a rich API of enumerable functions, and views with declarative event handling, all while connecting to your existing application over a RESTful JSON interface. This structure makes it easier to design scalable and efficient web applications.

To leverage the capabilities of Backbone.js in your JavaScript application, you will need to include it in your project. Firstly, install it via npm by running npm install backbone. Then you can, for example, initialize a model like so:

let Backbone = require('backbone');

let Document = Backbone.Model.extend({
  initialize: function() {
    console.log('This model has been initialized.');
  }
});

let myDocument = new Document();

This basic example shows how you can define a new model (Document) and create an instance of it (myDocument). For interacting with a back-end server, you can extend the urlRoot and idAttribute properties like this:

let Document = Backbone.Model.extend({
  urlRoot: '/documents',
  idAttribute: 'docId'
});

let myDocument = new Document({ docId: 50 });
myDocument.fetch(); // sends a GET request to /documents/50

In this example, a call to fetch sends a GET request to the server to retrieve the details for the document with docId 50.

Comprehensive details about the Backbone.js library can be found in the official documentation on the Backbone.js website, which is https://backbonejs.org. This website provides everything from the basics to advanced concepts, with detailed examples to help you master Backbone.js. Additionally, you can submit bug reports and feature suggestions to the GitHub repository located at https://github.com/jashkenas/backbone/issues. For queries on working with Backbone or general discussions, there are numerous resources available including Stack Overflow tagged posts, online forums, and more.