Single-page web applications usually need to provide linkable and user-friendly links. Until recently, the only way around this was using hash fragments (/#/posts), but with the HTML5 history API, the use of standard URLs (/posts) is available. The Backbone.Router class provides useful methods for client-side routing in a single-page web application.
To create a new router, use the backbone:router subgenerator as follows:
$ yo backbone:router posts
This command creates a new Backbone router located at app/scripts/routes/posts.coffee.
To use the Backbone.Router class, simply extend the class and provide the routes property with an object hash set on the name/callback of the route, as follows:
define [
'backbone'
'config'
'views/app'
'views/main'
'views/about'
'views/posts'
'models/post'
], (Backbone, Config, AppView, MainView, AboutView, PostsView, PostModel) ->
class AppRouter extends Backbone.Router
currentView: null
...