If you want to build your site"s frontend with the single-page application (SPA) model, this hands-on book shows you how to get the job done with Backbone.js. You"ll learn how to create structured JavaScript applications, using Backbone"s own flavor of model-view-controller (MVC) architecture. Start with the basics of MVC, SPA, and Backbone, then get your hands dirty building sample applications—a simple Todo list app, a RESTful book library app, and a modular app with Backbone and RequireJS. Author Addy Osmani, an engineer for Google"s Chrome team, also demonstrates advanced uses of the framework.