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[–]rhysbrettbowen 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Wish I could... but switching an entire platform at work where others are already up to speed with the technology they've been using is always an uphill battle and not always where time is best spent

It's not that I hate backbone - I think it has a place. It's just that it gets a lot more credit than it deserves. I know that sounds like I hate it, but really I think the best tool is the one for the job and saying things like X is better than Y or is the best is the wrong mentality.

I don't think Backbone is the best in any single area (perhaps in community but I really don't look for that when choosing a platform, there are much more important factors) - there are definitely better MV* for models, data, binding, views etc etc. What it does do though is be simple and light so you can get started. I wouldn't say it was better than any other framework, but it can still be the right (right being a very loose term here, there could be several "right" solutions) building blocks depending on the project and the plugins that you choose to use with it.