You can compare the TODO list implementations in todomvc: Backbone: https://github.com/addyosmani/todomvc/tree/master/architecture-examples/backbone https://gi

You can compare the TODO list implementations in todomvc: Backbone: https://github.com/addyosmani/todomvc/tree/master/architecture-examples/backbone https://github.com/addyosmani/todomvc/tree/master/architectu... jQuery: https://github.com/addyosmani/todomvc/tree/master/architecture-examples/jquery https://github.com/addyosmani/todomvc/tree/master/architectu... The Backbone implementation is an adaptation of this: http://backbonejs.org/docs/todos.html http://backbonejs.org/docs/todos.html which i think is more readable. The todomvc adaptation is a little over-structured for my taste, too many JS files for too little functionality.