Getting Started with Backbone.js

Backbone.js has become extremely popular in the last year for good reason, but it can also be confusing to those just getting started who are expecting a full application stack. Learn about what Backbone.js can do for you, and some opinionated ideas about how to fill the gaps for what's left.

Word for word from http://backbonejs.org:

Backbone.js gives structure to web applications by providing models with key-value binding and custom events, collections with a rich API of enumerable functions, views with declarative event handling, and connects it all to your existing API over a RESTful JSON interface.