Using backbone.js with CouchApp ================================ Backbone.js_ is minimalist mvc framework for JavaScript, written by Jeremy Ashkenas, the author of coffee script. Backbone is a good choice for creating larger CouchApps, as an alternative to Evently. A robust backbone-couchdb connector that supports realtime updates via the `_changes` feed is supported by Jan Monschke. See this `introduction `__ to CouchApp with backbone.js_ by Jan. Extended version of backbone_ couch connector (with fixing some issues, extending functionality) is available here: https://github.com/andrzejsliwa/backbone-couch An example use case -------------------- https://github.com/andrzejsliwa/couch-watch .. _Backbone: .. _backbone.js: http://backbonejs.org/