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pranay rauthu

What are your thoughts on current state of BackboneJS. Do you think it will rise in popularity again?

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Addy Osmani

Many of the apps I see using Backbone these days are slightly older codebases (although, Backbone and Marionette were lightweight enough that they likely still work fine).

I like to think that libraries like React and Preact are the spiritual successor to Backbone otherwise. These days the thinking around state management has evolved. Backbone's models were simpler, nested views were lacking and it was easier to leak memory if you weren't careful.