Understanding Backbone.js and the Server

Most Backbone tutorials will describe the process of sending RESTful requests to the server. But, how do we capture that data with our server-side framework? How do we know what the request urls are? How do we monitor these requests using Chrome Dev Tools? I’ll show you all of that and more in this screencast.

Closing Notes

Hopefully, if you’d been struggling to figure out how Backbone can communicate with your server, this video has clarified a few things. Don’t forget: if the acronym, REST, only makes you think about taking a nap, be sure to refer here and here to learn more about it.