Full Stack Web Development with Backbone.Js: Scalable Application Design with 100% JavaScript

By Patrick Mulder

Learn how to build a full-stack application with Backbone.js by taking advantage of JavaScript modules, workflow automation, and Backbone's interface building blocks. With this practical guide, author Patrick Mulder takes experienced backend developers and JavaScript programmers through the steps necessary to create a fully functional single-page application.

Backbone's rich ecosystem of plugins makes applications easier to design and scale, but knowing which tools to use for your project can be tricky. How do you combine views and the data layer with Backbone, or serve and deploy JavaScript assets? You'll not only learn the answers to these and many other questions; you'll also discover Backbone's vast number of use cases. Get started quickly by using a Backbone.js and Browserify Track state and organize data with Backbone models and collections Capture events from users by using views and manipulating the DOM Combine Backbone views with advanced HTML templates Use Backbone to browse remote data sources from an API Authenticate and authorize client-side interactions Build a backend API with Node.js and Restify Set up workflow automation with Bower, Grunt, Yeoman, and RequireJS

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1449370985
• ISBN13: 9781449370985
• Release Date: July 2014
• Publisher: O'Reilly Media
• Length: 192 Pages
• Weight: 3.00 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.2" x 7.0" x 9.1"