backbone: Detailed Overview & Metrics
Backbone is a lightweight JavaScript library that provides the structure needed to build web applications by providing models with key-value binding and custom events, collections with a rich API of enumerable functions, views with declarative event handling, and a RESTful JSON interface. It is well-suited for developing single-page applications and keeping the code organized and maintainable.
Compared to modern front-end frameworks like React, Angular, and Vue, Backbone is considered more minimalistic and focused on providing the essential building blocks for web applications. While Backbone is still actively maintained, its usage has decreased over time in favor of more feature-rich and opinionated frameworks.
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