angularjs - Using angular and backbone in the same app

Adding new functionality with Angular JS to a page with existing Backbone.js pieces, would sometimes affect the behaviour of  Backbone router. Simply adding target="_self" to links containing Backbone routes seems to do the trick.

Source: angularjs - Using angular and backbone in the same app - Stack Overflow

Some other suggestions:

• Replacing #! Routes with PushState Using Backbone.js - Artsy Engineering - using pushState to avoid hashbangs. This didn't seem to help in the case I had.