# thomasdavis/backbonetutorials

As single page apps and large scale javascript applications become more prominent on the web, useful resources for those developers who are jumping the ship are crucial.

Repository: https://github.com/thomasdavis/backbonetutorials
Canonical: https://ross.abutalabs.com/products/backbonetutorials
Homepage: http://backbonetutorials.com
Language: JavaScript
License Family: other
Last push: 2020-06-05T14:41:42+00:00

## Health v2 (maintenance only)
Score: 32/100 (v2, computed 2026-09-02T17:46:02.011165+00:00)
- activity 0, release rhythm 35, longevity 100
- inputs: {"age_days": 5634, "days_push": 2280, "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 2287, forks 1654 (observed 2026-08-28T04:06:34.656848+00:00)

## What it is
A collection of beginner-friendly tutorials and guides for Backbone.js, covering routers, models, views, and collections for building single-page applications. It serves as an educational website consolidating practical JavaScript frontend learning resources.

## Use cases
- learn backbone.js from scratch
- understand backbone.js router model view collection
- build single page apps with backbone.js
- beginner javascript framework tutorials
- learn frontend SPA architecture
- backbone.js step by step guide

## When to choose
- you are a beginner learning Backbone.js specifically
- you want structured tutorials on routers, models, views, and collections
- you maintain or work on a legacy Backbone.js codebase

## When to avoid
- you are starting a new project with a modern framework like React, Vue, or Svelte
- you need up-to-date coverage of current frontend tooling
- you want an actively developed learning resource with community support

## Facets
- artifact type: learning-resource
- maturity: maintenance
- function: documentation, developer-tools
- domain: web-development, frontend, tutorials
- platform: browser
- tags: backbonejs, tutorials, single-page-apps, educational-website, beginner-friendly, javascript, web, nodejs

## Member repositories
- thomasdavis/backbonetutorials (main) score 32

## Provenance
- Observed fields: from GitHub, fetched 2026-08-28T04:06:34.656848+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 2026-08-30T02:40:52.831828+00:00, confidence not recorded.
  - readme: https://github.com/thomasdavis/backbonetutorials (fetched 2026-08-28T04:06:34.656848+00:00, sha 41abe3383137)
  - homepage: http://backbonetutorials.com (fetched 2026-08-29T10:21:32.717526+00:00, sha d9addd21a4b0)
  - site_page: https://backbonetutorials.com/about (fetched 2026-08-29T10:21:32.720519+00:00, sha 66f1412f0f8b)
- Data as of 2026-08-30T08:39:29.467469+00:00.