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 \ \  _ <'  /'__`\   /'___\ \ , < \ \ '__`\  / __`\ /' _ `\  /'__`\    \/\ \  /',__\ 
  \ \ \ \ \/\ \ \.\_/\ \__/\ \ \\`\\ \ \ \ \/\ \ \ \/\ \/\ \/\  __/  __ \ \ \/\__, `\
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Backbone supplies structure to JavaScript-heavy applications by providing models key-value binding and custom events, collections with a rich API of enumerable functions, views with declarative event handling, and connects it all to your existing application over a RESTful JSON interface.

For Docs, License, Tests, pre-packed downloads, and everything else, really, see: http://backbonejs.org

To suggest a feature, report a bug, or general discussion: http://github.com/documentcloud/backbone/issues/

All contributors are listed here: http://github.com/documentcloud/backbone/contributors

Special thanks to Robert Kieffer for the original philosophy behind Backbone. http://github.com/broofa