Backbone.JS + ASP.NET WebAPI
Introduction Backbone.js is a powerful JS library built on top of Underscore.js library. It enables to create one page javascript applications using MVC pattern. Backbone.js could be downloaded from http://backbonejs.org/ , also there exists plenty of examples and tutorials. ASP.NET WebAPI is newest Microsoft framework, which is a part of ASP.NET MVC 4 . It provides developers with abilitity to quickly create REST services, which could be available from any device and client. More information about WebAPI could be found on http://www.asp.net/web-api/overview Goal In this post I would like to describe how to create basic Backbone.js application, which is using WebAPI as a storage. Step 1 Create WebAPI REST service First lets create a REST service which will provide and modify all data in our app. Our service will be able to provide a list of skills, which we'll be defined by id, title and description. Also service will be able to add new skil