For everyone here who says "Backbone is great except..." I'd encourage you to try Apmersand.js from the great folks at &yet. It's nearly idential to Backbone,

For everyone here who says "Backbone is great except..." I'd encourage you to try Apmersand.js from the great folks at &yet. It's nearly idential to Backbone, fixes some of the oddities (like wrapping divs and needing to call model.set/get) They've also worked to make it more modular and extensible. http://ampersandjs.com/ http://ampersandjs.com/