Using lodash instead of underscore in Backbone.js application

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I'm writing a Backbone application and as I'm reading the documentation online, what I understand is that Backbone's only hard dependency is Underscore. However, I'd like to use Lodash instead of Underscore. Can someone provide steps as to how I can do this?

backbone depends a lot on underscore to get it job done. you might need to write complete library again in case you dont want to use underscore — StateLess, Mar 19 '15 at 07:26
replace underscore with lodash and fix possible errors) just wondering what are you going to reach by this replace? — Evgeniy, Mar 19 '15 at 12:29
@Evgeniy lodash has some features that underscore lack, if OP wants to use those features it makes more sense to replace underscore than to add both. — ivarni, Mar 19 '15 at 15:31
As I remember, in our project we've just replaced an import of underscore with lodash and that's all. @Evgeniy, see: http://stackoverflow.com/a/13898916/1203773 — Eugene Naydenov, Mar 19 '15 at 15:57
@EugeneNaydenov thanks for the SO link you provided! super helpful — wmock, Mar 19 '15 at 18:38

Michael · Accepted Answer · 2015-03-24T04:05:41.887

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If you are using Browserify, check out Browserify Swap or Aliasify

Personally I use Browserify Swap. Example package.json usage:

  "browserify": {
    "transform": [
      "browserify-swap"
    ]
  },
  "browserify-swap": {
    "@packages": [
      "underscore"
    ],
    "all": {
      "underscore.js$": "lodash"
    }
  }

edited Mar 24 '15 at 04:05

answered Mar 24 '15 at 03:26

Michael

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Thanks for sharing this - will definitely try this! – wmock Mar 24 '15 at 06:59

score 3 · Answer 2 · answered Mar 20 '15 at 11:21

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Up to version 2.4.1, lodash published a "Underscore compatible" version.

https://cdnjs.cloudflare.com/ajax/libs/lodash.js/2.4.1/lodash.underscore.js

You can use that as a drop-in replacement.

As of 3.0, they removed this build.

Removed the underscore build

https://github.com/lodash/lodash/wiki/Changelog

answered Mar 20 '15 at 11:21

Guilherme Rodrigues

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There is documentation on doing a custom build and setting the moduleId to underscore https://lodash.com/custom-builds – Justin Hamade Nov 28 '15 at 01:08

score 2 · Answer 3 · edited Feb 16 '20 at 21:27

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You could also check out Exoskeleton - it's a drop-in replacement for Backbone that doesn't have Underscore as a requirement so you can simply remove it (and use lodash instead of it).

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Matthew Optional Meehan

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answered Aug 26 '15 at 13:21

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Using lodash instead of underscore in Backbone.js application

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