Awesome Backbone.js

A list of resources for backbone.js

General

• Backbone.js
• Github repository
• Annotated source
• Backbone plugins
• Backbone Index - Discover new Backbone plugins and resources
• BackboneConf - Conference about building applications on the web, with a focus on the Backbone.js library
• StackOverflow - Tagged questions
• Yeoman generator for Backbone.js

Tutorials and articles

• A pragmatic guide to Backbone.js apps by Julio Cesar Ody
• Getting Started with Backbone by Koren Leslie Cohen
• A Complete Guide for Learning Backbone.js by Mohit Jain
• Hello Backbone.js by Artur Adib
• Backbone.js Wine Cellar Tutorial by Christophe Coenraets - Part 1, Part 2 and Part 3
• Backbone patterns by Rico Sta. Cruz
• Complex Single Page Application Architecture with Backbone.js by Gur Dotan
• Building large Backbone applications by Victor Savkin
• A Guide to Writing Backbone Apps at Coursera by Pamela Fox
• CloudEdit: A Backbone.js Tutorial with Rails by James Yu - Part 1, Part 2 and Part 3
• Our First Node.js App: Backbone on the Client and Server by Spike Brehm
• Using Backbone.js With Require.js by Greg Franko
• Backbone Model Unit Testing with Jasmine by Ken Tabor
• Backbone.js and Socket.io by Jason Strimpel
• Presenter First in Backbone.js by Shawn Andersom
• Websockets for Backbone by Christopher Keefer
• Fun with CoffeeScript and Backbone.js - Part 1, Part 2 and Part 3
• Components with Backbone.js and Marionette.js by Jeremy Fairbank
• Boilerplate web app using Backbone.js, Express.js, Node.js, MongoDB by jkat98
• Backbone.js Tips And Patterns by Philip Whisenhunt
• Leveraging Deferreds in Backbone.js by Sam Breed
• Backbone.js for large scale applications - UI architecture by Oren Farhi
• Decorating A Backbone.Model With Features, For A UI Component by Derick Bailey
• Backbone.fwd: Forward Events From One Backbone Object, Through Another by Derick Bailey
• Backbone.View Patterns - Rendering A Collection by Oren Fahri
• Backbone.View Patterns - How & Why Use Subviews by Oren Fahri
• Backbone.View Patterns - The “Render” Method by Oren Fahri
• Building progressively enhanced websites using bulletproof Backbone & CSS transforms by Adrian Zumbrunnen
• Decoupling Backbone Apps From WebSockets by Derick Bailey
• Backbone.js And JavaScript Garbage Collection by Derick Bailey
• Getting familiar with Backbone.js by Pasha Craydon
• Backbone Antipatterns by Ben Teese
• Backbone.js for Absolute Beginners by Adrian Mejia - Part 1, Part 2, Part 3 and Part 4
• Building an App with Express and Backbone by Jack Franklin - Part 1, Part 2, Part 3, Part 4, Part 5, Part 6, Part 7 and Part 8
• Backbone with ES6 by Mike Fowler
• How to share Backbone.js models with Node.js
• Backbone.js tricks or treats by Tiago Garcia
• Backbone.js organizational patterns by Ben Eddy - Part 1, Part 2
• Backbone Cleanup by Naor Yehodaey
• Lazy loading Backbone collections with Promises by Timothée Boucher
• 5 Ways to Level-Up Your Backbone.js Code by David Aragon
• Why Backbone.js and ES6 Classes Don’t Mix by Ben McCormick
• Top 8 Common Backbone.js Developer Mistakes by Mahmud Ridwan
• 8 Great Backbone.js Interview Questions
• Integrating React With Backbone by Ben Lewis
• Using BackboneJS to improve your JavaScript code organization over a Ruby on Rails app by Ezequiel Rivadeneira Lichardi
• JavaScript For The Impatient: BackboneJS - Part 1, Part 2 by Corey Howell
• Building Backbone apps using Flux by Victor Doss
• Bringing Meteor’s reactive collections to Backbone by Jeff Wear

Books

• Developing Backbone.js Applications by Addy Osmani
• Backbone Tutorials by Thomas Davis
• Building Backbone Plugins by Derick Bailey and Jerome Gravel-Niquet
• Mastering Backbone.js by Abiee Echamea
• Backbone.js Testing by Ryan Roemer
• Backbone.js Patterns and Best Practices by Swarnendu De
• Backbone.js Cookbook by Vadim Mirgorod
• Instant Backbone.js Application Development by Thomas Hunter II
• Beginning Backbone.js by James Sugrue
• Backbone.js Blueprints by Andrew Burgess
• Recipes with Backbone by Nick Gauthier and Chris Strom
• Full Stack Web Development with Backbone.js by Patrick Mulder
• Developing Single Page Apps with Backbone.js by Prateek Dayal - work in progress

Videos

• BackboneConf 2013 - Youtube playlist
• BackboneConf 2014 - Youtube playlist
• Introduction to Backbone.js - Youtube playlist by Joseph Zimmerman
• Backbone App Walkthrough - Youtube playlist by Joseph Zimmerman
• Backbone.js Tutorial - Youtube playlist by Mosh Hamedani
• Backbone-Require-Boilerplate Explained by Greg Franko
• BackboneRails Screencasts - Learn to Build Web Apps Using Backbone + Rails
• Backbone.js with Derick Bailey by Derick Bailey
• JavaScript Application Architecture with Backbone.js by Mathias Schäfer
• An Introduction to Backbone.js by Sid Maestre
• Put Some Backbone.js in your Apps by Sid Maestre
• Evolving Your JavaScript with Backbone.js by K Adam White

Examples and boilerplates

• Backbone Require Boilerplate - A Rad Backbone.js and Require.js Boilerplate Project
• Wine Cellar Sample Application - “Backbone Cellar” is a sample application built with Backbone.js
• Employee Directory - Employee Directory sample application built with Backbone.js and Twitter Bootstrap
• Backbone Contact Manager - Simple Backbone.js example application
• Backbone Boilerplates - Backbone.js stack boilerplates demonstrating integration with Express, Ruby, PHP, Grails and more
• Backbone TodoMVC example - Simple todo app built using Backbone and Backbone.localStorage.

Courses

• Anatomy of Backbone.js
• Advanced Backbone Patterns and Techniques
• Connected to the Backbone
• Structuring Your Web Apps via Backbone.js
• Backbone.JS In-Depth and Introduction to Testing with Mocha and Sinon
• Up and Running with Backbone.js
• Application Building Patterns with Backbone.js
• Backbone.js Fundamentals

Libraries

• Backbone.Relational
• Backbone-forms
• Backgrid.js
• Backbone.localStorage
• Backbone.stickit
• Backbone.paginator
• Backbone.validation
• Exoskeleton
• Backbone.dualstorage
• Backbone.iobind
• Backbone-associations
• Backbone-tastypie
• Backbone.Radio
• Backbone.BabySitter
• Backbone.History.Polyfill