According to backbone js website:
Backbone's only hard dependency is Underscore.js ( > 1.3.1). For RESTful persistence, history support via Backbone.Router and DOM manipulation with Backbone.View, include json2.js, and either jQuery (1.4.2) or Zepto.
I tested with code below, removing jQuery and the Backbone view throws an error.
<html>
<head>
<title>asda</title>
<!--<script src="http://code.jquery.com/jquery-1.7.2.min.js"></script>-->
<script src="http://documentcloud.github.com/underscore/underscore.js"></script>
<script src="http://documentcloud.github.com/backbone/backbone.js"></script>
<script type="text/javascript" charset="utf-8" async defer>
SearchView = Backbone.View.extend({
initialize: function(){
alert("Alerts suck.");
}
});
// The initialize function is always called when instantiating a Backbone View.
// Consider it the constructor of the class.
var search_view = new SearchView;
</script>
</head>
<body>
</body>
</html>
How can Backbone.View and Backbone.Router work without jQuery?