If the premise of this article is to teach Backbone to people who are accustomed to jQuery, I think it fails miserably. It's long-winded, obtuse, and the example, which is supposed to firmly anchor you, is hazy and enigmatic.
The real trick of Backbone is treating it like a delegator for the UI. It handles creation of new elements, interactions, and creates a 1:1 relationship between the data and what is seen on screen; that's why it's so important in single-page JS websites: It handles the gap between raw JSON data and page visualization.
The real trick of Backbone is treating it like a delegator for the UI. It handles creation of new elements, interactions, and creates a 1:1 relationship between the data and what is seen on screen; that's why it's so important in single-page JS websites: It handles the gap between raw JSON data and page visualization.