[enraged_camel]

What is interesting to me is that the top comment at the time I write this provides the opposite anecdote, that they have seen huge projects using Backbone go really well.

Makes me wonder if there's some sort of objective comparison and analysis of frameworks, or if everything is based on anecdote and personal experiences.

[igl]

Success mostly depends on the size of the team and their culture. Do they do code reviews? Refactor early and often? Is there a architecture plan that is enforced and trained to new hires?

Frameworks do give you a corset to work within. I do not claim backbone wasn't a success. Just providing that was big.