What is the purpose of backbone.js?

Question

I tried to understand the utility of backbone.js from its site http://documentcloud.github.com/backbone, but I still couldn\'t figure out much.

Can anybody help me b

Answer 1

It also adds routing using controllers and views with KVO. You'll be able to develop "AJAXy" applications with it.

See it as a lightweight Sproutcore or Cappuccino framework.