• Difference between traditional web application and RIA architectures
• Role of JavaScript & related frameworks
• Overview of REST

• The need for server-side JavaScript
• The Single Threaded Event Loop
• Creating modules in Node
• Installing Node packages using npm

Introduction to Backbone.js

• Need to organize UI code
• Backbone Fundamentals
• View
• Model
• Collection
• Router

• Implement a simple Model
• Modify Model attributes
• Use a Model in the Console

• get(key)
• set({key:value})
• isNew()
• toJSON()

• Implement a simple View
• Understanding template rendering
• Using View in the console
• Using HandleBar View Engine

• Avoid string concatenation for dynamic generation of UI
• Template syntax
• Exploring Handlebar.js
• Binding data to templates
• Using pre-compiled templates

• Model Binding Techniques
• Using Knockback for data binding
• Using Backbone.ModelBinder

• Implement a collection
• Use underscore methods to manipulate a collection
• Understanding Collection Events
• Using Backbone.Paginator for pagination

• Extend an existing View
• Writing a template
• Render Models in a Collection
• Using jQuery sub-search in a View
• Adding Content to the DOM
• Render on the Collection’s reset event

• Constructor Route
• Router Redirection
• Evented Routes

Bower

• Creating and maintaining client side dependencies using Bower.js
• Bower configuration file
• Installing dependencies

Grunt

• Need for a JavaScript task executor
• Setting up Grunt.js
• Commonly used Grunt Tasks