Backbone.js (with Introduction to Testing) Model.parse & Model.toJSON

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The parse method gives developers the opportunity to manipulate data as it's returned from the server. This could be used for simply formatting the returned data or creating additional model objects. The toJSON method does the inverse of the parse method. It allows developers to add omitted model objects back into the prototyped toJSON output.

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