Backbars

Backbars is a gem to generate a boilerplate setup for using Backbone with Rails. The gem will include Backbone.js (with dependencies) and Handlebars.js for templating. handlebars_assets is included for compiling Handlebars templates and to make use of the Asset Pipeline to help keep your templates nice and organized. It also builds a simple directory structure to help organize your Backbone files and templates.

app
  |_assets
    |_javascripts
      |_application.js
      |_backbone
      | |_routers
      | |_models
      | |_collections
      | |_views
      |
      |_templates

The following is inserted into your application.js file:

//= require underscore
//= require backbone
//= require handlebars
//= require_tree ./backbone/routers
//= require_tree ./backbone/models
//= require_tree ./backbone/collections
//= require_tree ./backbone/views
//= require_tree ./templates
//= require_tree .

JavaScript Library Versions

• Underscore.js (v1.6.0)
• Backbone.js (v1.1.2)
• Handlebars.js (v1.3.0)

Installation

Add this line to your application's Gemfile:

gem 'backbars'

Then execute:

$ bundle

And then execute:

$ rails generate backbars

If you have an issue with the generator stalling you should run the following command, then re-run the generator

$ spring stop

Or install it yourself as:

$ gem install backbars

Usage

Contributing

1. Fork it ( https://github.com/[my-github-username]/backbars/fork )
2. Create your feature branch (git checkout -b my-new-feature)
3. Commit your changes (git commit -am 'Add some feature')
4. Push to the branch (git push origin my-new-feature)
5. Create a new Pull Request