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     \ \  _ <'  /'__`\   /'___\ \ , < \ \ '__`\  / __`\ /' _ `\  /'__`\    \/\ \  /',__\
      \ \ \ \ \/\ \ \.\_/\ \__/\ \ \\`\\ \ \ \ \/\ \ \ \/\ \/\ \/\  __/  __ \ \ \/\__, `\
       \ \____/\ \__/.\_\ \____\\ \_\ \_\ \_,__/\ \____/\ \_\ \_\ \____\/\_\_\ \ \/\____/
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NOTE: When requiring Backbone, you should globally declare jQuery, like this:
    
    Backbone.$ = require("jquery");
    
Otherwise, Backbone won't be able to find jQuery. (You'll need to specifiy jQuery as a dependency)

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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/jashkenas/backbone/issues

Backbone is an open-sourced component of DocumentCloud:
https://github.com/documentcloud

Many thanks to our contributors:
http://github.com/jashkenas/backbone/contributors

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