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A simple example demonstrating how to use Backbone.js models and views
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(function($){ | |
var Post = Backbone.Model.extend({ | |
defaults : { | |
text : "Default post text", | |
likes : 0 | |
} | |
}); | |
var Posts = Backbone.Collection.extend({ | |
model : Post | |
}); | |
var PostView = Backbone.View.extend({ | |
tagName : "div", | |
className : "post", | |
events: { | |
'click a.like' : 'like' | |
}, | |
initialize : function(post){ | |
_.bindAll(this, 'render', 'like') | |
this.post = post; | |
this.post.bind('change', this.render); | |
this.render(); | |
}, | |
render : function(){ | |
$(this.el).html(this.post.get('text') +" " + this.post.get('likes')+" <a class='like' href='#'>Like</a>"); | |
return this; | |
}, | |
like : function(){ | |
console.debug('liked'); | |
this.post.set({ | |
likes: this.post.get('likes') + 1 | |
}); | |
} | |
}); | |
//this part of code is an example of creating a post and a post view, on their own | |
//===================== | |
var mypost = new Post(); | |
mypost.set({ | |
text : "Hello, World" | |
}); | |
var postview = new PostView(mypost); | |
$("body").append(postview.render().el); | |
//===================== | |
//the publisher uses the above code to create a minial status stream | |
var Publisher = Backbone.View.extend({ | |
el : $("#publisher"), | |
textarea : "textarea", | |
events : { | |
'click button' : 'newPost' | |
}, | |
initialize : function(){ | |
_.bindAll(this, 'render', 'newPost'); | |
this.counter = 0; | |
this.posts = new Posts(); | |
this.render(); | |
}, | |
render: function(){ | |
$(this.el).html("<textarea></textarea><br />"); | |
$(this.el).append("<button>Post</button>"); | |
$(this.el).append("<br />"); | |
$(this.el).append("<div id='posts'></div>"); | |
}, | |
newPost : function(){ | |
var mypost = new Post(); | |
mypost.set({ | |
text : $(this.textarea).val() | |
}); | |
this.posts.add(mypost); | |
var postview = new PostView(mypost); | |
console.debug(postview.render().el); | |
$("#posts").append(postview.render().el); | |
} | |
}); | |
var pub = new Publisher(); | |
})(jQuery); |
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<html> | |
<head></head> | |
<body> | |
<script src="https://ajax.googleapis.com/ajax/libs/jquery/1.6.1/jquery.min.js"></script> | |
<script src="http://ajax.cdnjs.com/ajax/libs/json2/20110223/json2.js"></script> | |
<script src="http://ajax.cdnjs.com/ajax/libs/underscore.js/1.1.6/underscore-min.js"></script> | |
<script src="http://ajax.cdnjs.com/ajax/libs/backbone.js/0.3.3/backbone-min.js"></script> | |
<div id = "publisher"></div> | |
<hr /> | |
<script src="app.js"></script> | |
</body> | |
</html> |
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doesnt work, says something about MIME type