BackboneJS is a pght weight JavaScript pbrary that allows to develop and structure cpent side apppcations that run in a web browser. It offers MVC framework which abstracts data into models, DOM (Document Object Model) into views and bind these two using events. This tutorial covers most of the topics required for a basic understanding of BackboneJS and to get a feel of how it works.

Audience

This tutorial is designed for software programmers who want to learn the basics of BackboneJS and its programming concepts in simple and easy ways. This tutorial will give you enough understanding on various components of BackboneJS with suitable examples.

Prerequisites

Before proceeding with this tutorial, you should have a basic understanding of HTML, CSS, JavaScript, and Document Object Model (DOM). As we are going to develop a web-based apppcations using BackboneJS, it will be good if you have an understanding of how web-based apppcations work in general.