Backbone default/index routes

backbone-index-only-route.coffee

# Match index page ('/') when using pushState in Backbone

class IndexRouter extends Backbone.Router

  initialize: (options) ->
    # Supply a matcher for both blank and '/' routes:
    @route /^\/?$/, 'index', @.index

  index: ->
    # Serve up an index view

backbone-index-routes.coffee

# Use default routes to handle index pages and routing errors in Backbone
# See: http://blog.rjzaworski.com/2012/09/catch-all-routes-in-backbone/

# Fire up all routers
_.each App.Routers, (router) -> 
  new router

# Provide a catch-all route.
Backbone.history.handlers.push
  route: /(.*)/
  callback: (fragment) ->
    if fragment == ''
      # Serve up index view
    else
      # Serve up error view
      alert "Four-oh-four: '#{fragment}' is unavailable"

# Fire up history
Backbone.history.start pushState: true