What would be the best way to talk to my backend (node.js/express.js) from backbone without using the .save() method that is tied with the model. Basically, I want to check the given user's value on the "server" side and only after getting a success response from the server, I would commit to saving that model with given input.
Any workaround to this problem? best practices? Do I really have to make my own raw ajax call to node.js?
model.save() allows options to be passed, one of which is {wait: true} which will not change the attributes on the model until it receives a response.