Jeremy Ashkenas

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Forsooth, doth yonder issue beckon? 1. My ideal indenting style for regular chaining looks like this: ``` object .method(arg) .method2() .method3() ``` 2. I don't think we should use indentation...

`initialize` is called at the end of the constructor function, and is passed the same arguments that you've passed to the constructor. The default implementation is to do nothing. http://backbonejs.org/docs/backbone.html#section-51...

It's a neat idea, but I strongly feel like modern JavaScript should be standardizing on the `class` idiom that has been introduced in recent versions, instead of trying to pave...

> If you can think of another option, please share it. I'm just freestyling here, so forgive any holes or omissions, but — I think a promising direction for a...

@blikblum’s `static` API looks like a reasonable (even if not completely ideal) way to work around the ordering limitations of ES6 classes to me.

> Rather than sacrificing one of the requirements, I suggest aiming high and just letting this sit for the time being. I think we can afford, and hope it will...

See previous tickets: I believe there was a bug in certain versions of Firefox that made this impossible to work around in Backbone itself. Do you have a specific change...

Reset is an escape hatch, that allows you to easily do efficient rendering in bulk when you know that you need it. For your case, just use `set`.

Thanks for the structured list of links — that's useful. But all of the hyperbolic language isn't helpful. I have a very strong dislike for open source libraries that toot...