Combine JS and Django --------------------- use JS frameworks - app structure, testability, productivity why not backbone? * lack of bindings * no reusable views * models are poor trying angular and ember instead, not sure which will win requireJS gives * easy Coffeescript integration * modular code * builder * uglifier * django-require gives coffeescript integration (similar to django-pipeline) * django-rest-framework good * django-storages - static files