Using Backbone models with AngularJS

Question

Recently I was thinking about the differences and similarities between Backbone.js and AngularJS.

What I find really convenient in Backbone are the Backbone-Models and t

Answer 1

Valid question for sure.

Lot of limitations with the current implementation of $resource, which among others doesn't have internal collection management like Backbone.Collection. Having written my own collection/resource management layer in angular (using $http, not $resource), I'm now seeing if I can substitute much of the boilerplate internals for backbone collections and models.

So far the fetching and adding part is flawless and saves code, but the binding those backbone models (or the attributes within, rather) to ng-models on inputs for editing is not yet working.

@ericclemmons (github) has done the same thing and got the two to marry well - I'll ask him, get my test working, and post the conclusion...