Learn BACKBONE-JS with Real Code Examples
Updated Nov 22, 2025
Installation Setup
Include Backbone via CDN
Or install via `npm install backbone`
Install Underscore.js (required)
Optionally use jQuery for DOM manipulation
`npm start` your environment
Environment Setup
Include Backbone + Underscore
Include jQuery for DOM
Set up templates
Configure module bundler
Create folder structure
Config Files
main.js - app entry
router.js - routing logic
models/*.js - data logic
views/*.js - UI logic
templates/*.html - markup
Cli Commands
No official CLI
Use npm scripts or bundlers
Use Yeoman Backbone generator
Use Grunt/Gulp for builds
Run static servers manually
Internationalization
Use libraries: i18next, Polyglot
Template-level translations
Manual locale switching
REST for localized content
No built-in i18n
Accessibility
Manual ARIA attributes
Semantic templates
Accessible event handling
Declarative UI via views
Manual audit required
Ui Styling
CSS frameworks
Templates with Underscore
jQuery DOM manipulation
Modular view styling
Sass/SCSS support
State Management
Model attributes
Collection-based state
Events system
Custom global event bus
Manual state syncing
Data Management
Backbone.sync (REST)
Fetch/Save methods
Custom API adapters
LocalStorage adapter
Custom Model validation