I kind of think of backbone.js as a set of patterns to write your code in, but then someone went in and abstracted the common pieces out so you don't have to re

I kind of think of backbone.js as a set of patterns to write your code in, but then someone went in and abstracted the common pieces out so you don't have to reinvent the wheel. A simple example is the Backbone Events module. Sure, you could wire up your own event handling code, but why would you want to? Using a common library like backbone means that all of the bugs are fixed in a common place and you don't have to worry about it.