This blog post is about decomposing NewsBlur’s single-file 8,500 line JavaScript application into its component parts: 8 models, 12 views, 3 routers, 3 collections. This post explores patterns, techniques, and common pitfalls in migrating from vanilla JavaScript to Backbone.js. It covers moving routers, models, and views, and the process used to migrate a living app.

This new Backbone.js tutorial series will walk you through building a single page web application that has a customised Backbone.sync implementation.

Synapse (The Backbone KVO Library)