Partially agree. A couple of points: - I like how he shows integration with a couple of different backends (Sinatra & Node). Makes it more practical and 'real

Partially agree. A couple of points: - I like how he shows integration with a couple of different backends (Sinatra & Node). Makes it more practical and 'real world' than just 'assume we have this bit of JSON to work with'. - As other people have mentioned, the build process as a whole is becoming important with frontend MV* - Check out Marionette to ease the boring bits of Backbone. There's a chapter on it in Osmani's book now; not sure if it was there when you read it. - The book is still not set to be released for another 6 months; Osmani's JS Design Patterns book was fantastic so I'm sure this will be great too.