Beginning Backbone.js

Book Description

Beginning Backbone.js is your step-by-step guide to learning and using the Backbone.js library in your web projects. Backbone.js is one of the most popular JavaScript libraries among web developers, used to create modular, single-page web apps. This book takes you from downloading Backbone.js and its dependencies all the way to using more advanced libraries to structure your application architecture, and everything in between.

With a real-world, practical approach, you will learn how you can integrate Backbone.js into the center of your JavaScript stack, and create scalable applications. James Sugrue shows you how to implement all aspects of templating, work efficiently with RequireJS, and fully understand Grunt and all its plug-ins. Armed with this knowledge you’ll be able to architect a continuous integration system that is key to real-world applications.

With the explosion of JavaScript-based applications on the web, the need for more structured approaches to code management is more important than ever.  Backbone.js helps create applications that separate models from views, enabling developers to avoid spaghetti code. Beginning Backbone.js will gently guide you into this amazingly powerful library, and help you ramp up to building professional applications. Integrate Backbone.js into your work today with this indispensable book.

What you’ll learn

• Learn the importance of MVC approaches in software development
• Learn why Backbone.js is so popular and how to integrate it into your JavaScript stack
• Understand core Backbone.js concepts such as models, views, routers, and events
• Test your application using the latest JavaScript testing tools
• Create build scripts using Grunt.js to simplify your build and deployment workflow
• Use additional libraries to build on the power of Backbone.js
• Avoid common beginner errors and code using best practices

Who this book is for

Beginning Backbone.js is for the web developer who is already confident with JavaScript, but who is keen to build larger, single-page web apps. If you want to introduce more structure, quality, and process to your web application using Backbone.js, and other leading JavaScript technologies, this is the book for you.

Table of Contents

Chapter 1: An Introduction to Backbone.js
Chapter 2: Getting Object-Oriented
Chapter 3: Backbone Models and Collections
Chapter 4: Backbone View and Templating Libraries
Chapter 5: Routers and Events
Chapter 6: From Start to Finish: A Complete App Example
Chapter 7: The Backbone Ecosystem
Chapter 8: Testing Your Backbone.js Application
Chapter 9: Using Grunt for Your Build Process
Chapter 10: Extending Backbone with Marionette and Thorax
Chapter 11: Best Practices with Backbone
Chapter 12: Creating a Manageable JavaScript Code Base

中文：

书名：开始Backbone.js

开始Backbone.js这是您在Web项目中学习和使用Backbone.js库的逐步指南。Js是最受Web开发人员欢迎的JavaScript库之一，用于创建模块化的单页面Web应用程序。这本书带您从下载Backbone.js及其依赖项一直到使用更高级的库来构建应用程序架构，以及介于两者之间的一切。

通过一种真实、实用的方法，您将学习如何将Backbone.js集成到您的JavaScript堆栈的中心，并创建可伸缩的应用程序。James Sugrue向您展示了如何实现模板的所有方面，如何高效地使用RequireJS，以及如何充分理解Grunt及其所有插件。有了这些知识，您将能够构建一个对现实世界应用程序至关重要的持续集成系统。

随着Web上基于JavaScript的应用程序的爆炸性增长，对代码管理更具结构化的方法的需求比以往任何时候都更加重要。*Backbone.js帮助创建将模型与视图分开的应用程序，使开发人员能够避免意大利面条代码。开始Backbone.js它将温和地引导您进入这个功能强大的库，并帮助您逐步构建专业的应用程序。通过这本不可或缺的书，将Backbone.js融入您今天的工作中。

你会学到什么

• 了解MVC方法在软件开发中的重要性
• 了解Backbone.js为什么如此流行，以及如何将其集成到您的JavaScript堆栈中
• 了解核心Backbone.js概念，如模型、视图、路由器和事件
• 使用最新的JavaScript测试工具测试您的应用程序
• 使用Grunt.js创建构建脚本以简化构建和部署工作流
• 使用其他库来构建Backbone.js的强大功能
• 避免常见的初学者错误和使用最佳实践编写代码

这本书是为谁而写的

开始Backbone.js 适用于已经对Java脚本很有信心，但又热衷于构建更大的单页Web应用程序的Web开发人员。如果您想使用Backbone.js和其他领先的JavaScript技术向您的Web应用程序介绍更多的结构、质量和过程，这是一本适合您的书。

目录表

第1章：Backbone.js简介
Chapter 2: Getting Object-Oriented
第3章：主干模型和集合
Chapter 4: Backbone View and Templating Libraries
第5章：路由器和事件
第6章：从头到尾：完整的应用程序示例
第七章：主干生态系统
第8章：测试Backbone.js应用程序
第9章：在构建过程中使用Grunt
第10章：使用木偶和Thorax扩展主干
第11章：主干的最佳实践
第12章：创建可管理的JavaScript代码库