Backbone is a very powerful application development framework. However, it can be a little “close to the metal” in terms of how much work is needed to produce a working application with it. I see Backbone as a low level framework that could use some help in making it a bit easier and faster to use.
Keyhole has released an extension to help! The backbone.khs framework extension npm module (available by clicking the link) does its best to minimize the work necessary to get a Backbone application up and running.
The extension makes it easier to deal with:
โข browser history
โข root level non-Model Object implementation
โข caching
โข session support
โข regions (which break pages up into more workable segments)
โข a top-level Application object to manage the application
โข modules to help with page and URL routing
โข a Backbone View extension to seamlessly integrate Backbone Stickit and make Marionette templates easier
โข a Collection View to enhance working with groups of items.
In this blog, I’ll describe these enhancements with some code examples…
