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A Better way of extending Backbone Models and Views
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Yes, Backbone has built-in support for CoffeeScript and sometimes I think CoffeeScript was invented to write easier Backbone code :) It's just so convenient
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The walrus is no stranger to variety. Use at least 4 different languages throughout all your repos
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Have at least one original repo where some form of shell script is the dominant language
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Thanks @tomlue, I've updated the example now.