Below is a collection of links for code documentation and learning about the preferred libraries for building a JavaScript web application. The libraries selected provide code organization, script/file loading, dependency management, utility library, DOM manipulation, and ajax support for asynchronous application development and interaction with a REST api.

Web book

Backbone.js Fundamentals - https://github.com/addyosmani/backbone-fundamentals

A creative-commons book on Backbone.js for beginners and advanced users alike. How to write modular JavaScript apps for desktop and mobile

Learning from the source

Source code documentation

• http://documentcloud.github.com/backbone/
• http://documentcloud.github.com/backbone/docs/backbone.html
• http://documentcloud.github.com/underscore/
• http://requirejs.org/
• http://requirejs.org/docs/whyamd.html
• http://mustache.github.com/ | https://github.com/janl/mustache.js/

Code examples

• https://github.com/addyosmani/todomvc/tree/master/todo-example/backbone
• https://github.com/thomasdavis/backbonetutorials/tree/gh-pages/examples/modular-backbone

Demos

• http://addyosmani.github.com/todomvc/todo-example/backbone/index.html

Tutorials

• http://backbonetutorials.com/organizing-backbone-using-modules/
• https://github.com/documentcloud/backbone/wiki/Tutorials,-blog-posts-and-example-sites

Videos

• http://peepcode.com/products/backbone-js
• http://backbonescreencasts.com/

Unit Testing

• https://github.com/pivotal/jasmine/wiki/Suites-and-specs
• http://pivotal.github.com/jasmine/jsdoc/symbols/jasmine.Matchers.html
• https://github.com/pivotal/jasmine/wiki/Asynchronous-specs
• http://sinonjs.org/ | http://sinonjs.org/docs/
• http://tinnedfruit.com/2011/03/03/testing-backbone-apps-with-jasmine-sinon.html
• http://tinnedfruit.com/2011/03/25/testing-backbone-apps-with-jasmine-sinon-2.html
• http://tinnedfruit.com/2011/04/26/testing-backbone-apps-with-jasmine-sinon-3.html

Community / Projects

Apps

• http://nrabinowitz.github.com/gapvis/#index

Blog Posts

• http://googleancientplaces.wordpress.com/
• http://www.netmagazine.com/tutorials/use-backbonejs-speed-interactions

Code

• https://github.com/zurb/flickrbomb

Community

• Stackoverflow - http://stackoverflow.com/questions/tagged/backbone.js
• irc - #documentcloud on irc.freenode.net
• Forum - https://groups.google.com/forum/#!forum/backbonejs
• tweets - @documentcloud

jQuery Mobile

• http://jquerymobile.com/demos/1.0/
• http://jquerymobile.com/test/docs/api/themes.html
• http://docs.jquery.com/

Miscellaneous

Similar MVC projects

• Ember.JS - http://www.emberjs.com/

General JavaScript / jQuery learning…

• Interactive way to learn about javascript… http://www.codecademy.com/
• http://jqfundamentals.com/
• http://learn.appendto.com/
• http://docs.jquery.com/Tutorials