JSFiddle - React, Tailwind, and code Playground
by Cody Lindley
HTML
<script src="https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/2026291/backbone/jquery-2.0.2.js"></script>
<script src="https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/2026291/backbone/lodash.underscore.js"></script>
<script src="https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/2026291/backbone/backbone.js"></script>
<script src="https://getfirebug.com/firebug-lite-debug.js"></script>
JavaScript
var contactData = [
{firstName: 'John',lastName: 'Doe',phone: '1-111-1111'},
{firstName: 'Jane',lastName: 'Doe',phone: '2-222-2222'}
];
//create a collection from model constructor and data
var contacts = new Backbone.Collection(contactData,{model:Backbone.Model});
console.log(contacts.toJSON());
/*above logs:
[{firstName="John", lastName="Doe", ...}, {firstName="Jane", lastName="Doe", ...}]*/