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/