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I think backbone.js would have a much greater draw if there were re-usable widgets (views/apps/collections). I would beg to differ. The power of backbone.js co

I think backbone.js would have a much greater draw if there were re-usable widgets (views/apps/collections). I would beg to differ. The power of backbone.js comes from being agnostic towards widget implementations. People are adapting it to work with all sorts of widgets. There are scores of widgets in jquery ecosystem. Why limit the backbone MVC goodness to only a few widgets ?

malandrew 16y ago
From speaking with jashkenas on IRC, I found out that while it's not immediately obvious, backbone is quite extendable/pluggable by using Backbone.model.extend. I reckon that as Backbone matures and gets closer to 1.0 status, we'll start seeing more people start creating plugins. I'm still just an intermediate javascript developer, but once I get a better handle on backbone.js and javascript, I'm planning on writing an undo/redo plugin based on Backbone.model.extend and the included .previousAttributes() function (unless someone beats me too it, of course). Backbone is quite a bit more abstracted and that is where it gets its power from, but it is also why probably a bit harder to grok when it comes to extending it. I reckon with time and tutorials, we'll see a robust ecosystem develop extending Backbone.js.