Mastering TypeScript 3 - Third Edition

Backbone setup

Setting up a Backbone environment is fairly simple, and can be accomplished through tsc, and npm as follows:

Initialize the TypeScript environment with tsc:

tsc --init

Initialize npm, and install Backbone, Bootstrap, JBone, and the declaration files for Backbone using the @types syntax, as follows:

npm init
npm install backbone
npm install bootstrap
npm install jbone
npm install @types/backbone

JBone is an implementation of jQuery specifically built for Backbone. It includes all jQuery functionality that Backbone requires, and is significantly lighter and faster than the full jQuery library.