Twin Cities Code Camp

This presentation seeks to eliminate that spaghettified, unmaintainable, untestable mess that JavaScript is so famous for producing and turn it into something beautiful. Developed after working on large teams with devs unfamiliar with JavaScript (not to mention Backbone) and yet tasked to create with it, I will walk through the 9 tips that I've found in practice will make your BackboneJS implementation easily maintained, easier to read, run better, and will allow you to effortlessly write those ever-so-important unit tests. Heavy on code samples, best practices, anti patterns, gotchyas, and random insights, this presentation is meant to serve as a reference point for creating a beautiful Backbone implementation for apps of any size and reduce the learning curve of BackboneJS. Prior experience working with Backbone is recommended, but not strictly necessary.