Simply a gem that makes Backbone available in the pipeline with minimal dependencies.

As described by Backbone, the following are dependencies:

• jQuery via simple-jquery-rails
• underscore via underscore-rails

Installation

Add this line to your application's Gemfile:

gem 'simple-backbone-rails'

And then execute:

$ bundle

Or install it yourself as:

$ gem install simple-backbone-rails

Usage

In your application JavaScript file add the following line:

    //= require backbone

In addition you may need to include jQuery and underscore:

    //= require jquery
    //= require underscore