Leaving jQuery behind with Backbone.Native
Leaving jQuery behind with Backbone.Native launched on May 28, 2013 with 13 votes, #114 of 587 launches that month and more than 75% of that year's launches. The site was still online in September 2026, 13 years on.
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Backbone.Native is a lightweight JavaScript library that replaces jQuery as a dependency for Backbone.js applications. Designed for developers building on modern browsers, it provides only the essential functionality that Backbone actually uses, eliminating unnecessary overhead. The tool is intended for teams that want to reduce dependencies while maintaining full Backbone.js compatibility without sacrificing performance or capability.
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Backbone.js is the front-end framework of choice here at Inkling–we use it in Habitat and Inkling for Web –but we have often felt that requiring jQuery as a dependency is unnecessary. We write a lot of JavaScript for modern browsers using native APIs, and jQuery doesn’t always offer enough of an upside to be worth loading. Backbone itself only uses a very small subset of the functionality provided by jQuery, so why bother with it? With that in mind, we are happy to announce the release of Backbone.Native. Backbone.Native is a simplified replacement for jQuery meant for developers who want to use Backbone but don’t need all the rest. It handles event delegation and…from inkling.com
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