Backbone Tutorials is a collection of tutorials written by Thomas Davis. Everything is open source and I try my best to keep the tutorials updated. Though I am busy and only work on this is my spare time so many contributors have also help me put this resource together.

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Backbone.js Beginner Video Tutorial

I have put extra effort into making a very easy to understand Backbone.js video which is also free. It is 70mins long and covers everything you need to know when getting started.

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Beginners

Why would you use Backbone.js? What is a model? What is a view? What is a router? What is a collection?

Intermediate

Real-Time Backbone With PubNub SEO for single page applications Organizing your application using Modules (require.js) Cross-domain Backbone.js with sessions using CORS Lightweight Infinite Scrolling using Twitter API Simple example - Node.js, Restify, MongoDb and Mongoose

External Tutorials

Backbone Boilerplate - Using require.js with build system Backbone-relational Tutorial - Nested Models With Backbone.js Backbone.js Tutorial – by noob for noobs

Example Apps

DroneHire.org - 100% built with Backbone.js Kalei - A living CSS styleguide ClientManager - Sample application Clevertim CRM - A simple CRM