Just to add some notes to the FAQ: 1) Backbone gives you a handy way to interact with browsers and the DOM. It does not remove the necessity for you to intera

Just to add some notes to the FAQ: 1) Backbone gives you a handy way to interact with browsers and the DOM. It does not remove the necessity for you to interact with the browser. 2) It seems like a lot of folks get into trouble when talking about/thinking about event flows and using the abstract messaging layer that Backbone provides in Backbone.Event. Backbone gives some basic and handy defaults events for folks to use, but I always think it's worth considering which parts of your app talk to each other, and what that interface looks like.