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Hi I’m…!!Cheenu Madan Web development foralmost 15 years.Last 4 years on Ruby on RailsBuilt most of ClinchPadon Backbone.js!- 30k+ LOC Javascript!- 20k+ LOC Ruby!

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Built with Backbone.js  

Lets dive straight into code !

1.  git clone https://github.com/dthtvwls/rails-backbone-todos.git!

2.  bundle install!3.  rails s!4.  localhost:3000 !

                                             Mapping  

Models  &  Collec+ons    Views  &  Routers    Templates    

Models      Controllers    Views  

Advantages!!•  Separation of business logic & presentation

logic!

•  Add structure to applications!

•  Single page “desktop style” applications!

•  Technically less data sent over the wire!

Disadvantages!!!•  Harder to get started !

•  Code duplication !

•  SEO!

•  Dealing with non-RESTful backends !

Where you should use it !•  Applications where responsiveness is

important!

•  Large code bases!

•  API driven development !

•  Dynamic data that is frequently transformed!

Where you shouldn’t use it !•  Small projects - <1000 LOC!

•  Public facing websites e.g. news portals!

•  Applications which aren’t very interactive !

•  Mobile first applications that need to run on old phones (e.g. Android 2.2)!

Light  (11.5kb)    Building  blocks    Sinatra  like      

Heavy  (71kb)    Opinionated    Rails  like      

Heavy  (75kb)    Opinionated    Futuris+c        

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