title: Backbone.js frontend with RESTful Rails backend?
body: <p>I started in the web development world with PHP, and then Rails in the recent few years. Since then I've been doing all my web projects in Rails. </p>
  
  <p>Recently there seems to be a movement towards making Rails as a pure RESTful backend service and using frontend framework such as Backbone.js for all frontend interaction. I'm wondering what's you guys' take on it? Will this be the eventual future? </p>
  
  <p>As well, besides Backbone.js, what are some other alternatives for frontend framework for this purpose? </p>
  
  <p>Also assuming that I will want to support both a desktop version and a mobile version of my app, would this be a proper route to take? So I'll have a single backend service with different frontend services? This way I don't need to manage all the views on Rails' side?</p>
  
  <p>Thanks!</p>