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Explorations in front-end tooling and architecture by Addy Osmani.

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More ramblings from a computer nerd. For some important background information. I have broken out the examples into a set of gists. There are 3 high level requirements for creating a custom OverlayView. Method, which will be called once the map has been set for the overlay.

Apps, suites, and examples for Backbone. This site provides materials and resources for developing and testing Backbone. All of the application and test examples for the book Backbone. Can be found here, grouped by chapter. We also provide a reference Backbone. For creating and viewing notes, which we use throughout the examples in the book. The core set of Backbone.

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