Routing with slashes in Backbone - backbone.js

Question

I am trying to use pushState routing in Backbone.js
The problem is that when I try to use routes which contain slashes in between the links, the router function wouldn't get called and the console would show an error:
var Router = Backbone.Router.extend({
routes: {
"work/mobileapps": "showPortfolio"
},
showPortfolio: function(){
alert('Show Portfolio');
}
The showPortfolio function never gets called in this case. I've also tried to do it with parameters, like this:
var Router = Backbone.Router.extend({
routes: {
"work/:section": "showPortfolio"
},
showPortfolio: function(){
alert('Show Portfolio');
}
but the problem still remains the same.
However, if I change the route to something like this:
var Router = Backbone.Router.extend({
routes: {
"work-mobileapps": "showPortfolio"
},
showPortfolio: function(){
alert('Show Portfolio');
}
it starts to work.
So it seems like there's some problem with the slashes. Please help and let me know what mistake I am making.
Thanks!
Here's the full code:
//Set variables according to production/development environment
var production = 0;
var rootpath = (production) ? "/" : "Websitev2/code";
//--------------------------------------------------------------
var Router = Backbone.Router.extend({
routes: {
"work/mobileapps": "showPortfolio",
"about": "showAbout",
"work": "showWork",
"": "showHome"
},
showPortfolio: function(){
alert('Show Portfolio');
//$("#work-content").empty();
},
showAbout: function () {
alert('Show About');
},
showWork: function () {
alert('Show Work');
},
});
$(document).ready(function () {
window.router = new Router();
Backbone.history.start({
pushState: true,
root: rootpath
});
});

Answer 1

In my very limited experience, have you tried:
var Router = Backbone.Router.extend({
routes: {
'work(/:section)': 'showPortfolio'
},
showPortfolio: function(section){
alert('Show Portfolio ' + section);
}
});
As noted in the comments, you need to reference routes with a hash:
http://localhost/Websitev2/code/#work/mobileapps