# ccoenraets/backbone-directory

Sample Application built with Backbone.js and 3 different UI toolkits: Twitter Bootstrap, jQuery Mobile, and custom iPhone skins

Repository: https://github.com/ccoenraets/backbone-directory
Canonical: https://ross.abutalabs.com/products/backbone-directory
Language: PHP
License Family: other
Last push: 2013-04-17T14:56:37+00:00

## Health v2 (maintenance only)
Score: 32/100 (v2, computed 2026-09-03T02:20:16.233290+00:00)
- activity 0, release rhythm 35, longevity 100
- inputs: {"age_days": 5315, "days_push": 4886, "days_rel": null, "gap_med": null, "n_releases_24m": 0}
- flags: no_releases, no_license
- formula: round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10)

## Adoption (not part of the score)
Stars 1513, forks 470 (observed 2026-08-28T04:04:56.205421+00:00)

## What it is
A sample Employee Directory application built with Backbone.js, demonstrating the same app with three different UI toolkits: Twitter Bootstrap, jQuery Mobile, and custom native-looking iPhone skins. It includes PHP (Slim framework) RESTful JSON services backed by a MySQL database.

## Use cases
- learn how to build a single-page app with Backbone.js
- see how to structure a Backbone.js app with Twitter Bootstrap
- build a mobile web app with Backbone.js and jQuery Mobile
- create native-looking iOS apps with HTML and PhoneGap
- implement RESTful JSON services in PHP with the Slim framework
- use a local database in an HTML mobile app
- find a reference example of an employee directory app

## When to choose
- you are learning Backbone.js and want a classic worked example
- you want to compare the same app across Bootstrap, jQuery Mobile, and custom skins
- you need a simple reference for PHP/Slim RESTful services with MySQL

## When to avoid
- you need a maintained or production-ready application
- you use modern frontend frameworks like React, Vue, or Angular
- you want current best practices, since the repo is deprecated in favor of directory-backbone-bootstrap

## Facets
- artifact type: application
- maturity: abandoned
- function: search-engine, http-server, templating
- domain: web-development, frontend, mobile-development, developer-tools, tutorials
- platform: cross-platform, php
- tags: backbonejs, sample-app, employee-directory, twitter-bootstrap, jquery-mobile, phonegap, rest-api, demo, tutorial, deprecated, web-server, mobile, javascript

## Member repositories
- ccoenraets/backbone-directory (main) score 32

## Provenance
- Observed fields: from GitHub, fetched 2026-08-28T04:04:56.205421+00:00.
- Health v2: computed from the inputs above; adoption is never an input.
- Inferred fields (summary, facets, guidance): AI-extracted, prompt v1, taxonomy v1, on 2026-08-30T04:32:15.123054+00:00, confidence not recorded.
  - readme: https://github.com/ccoenraets/backbone-directory (fetched 2026-08-28T04:04:56.205421+00:00, sha 03647e088de1)
- Data as of 2026-08-30T08:39:29.467469+00:00.