Big Bird Controller example #1

gistfile1.js

var ControllerExample = BigBird.Controller.extend({
  
  // This function gets $.proxy(ied) for you automatically.
  // That means you can call it without it losing lexical scope
  proxied: ["myFunction"],
  
  // We can subscribe to new events through the subscriptions
  // shorthand. If $.publish("/updateVariable") gets called, then 
  // the myFunction method is invoked.
  subscriptions: {
    "/updateVariable", "myFunction"
  },  
  
  myVariable: true,
  
  // Intialize gets called on instantiation of the object
  initialize: function() {
    this.myFunction();
  },
  
  myFunction: function() {
    this.myVariable = false;  
  }
  
});

// We can instantiate a new ControllerExample like so
// You can update set vraibles during this process too.
var ControllerInstance = new ControllerExample({ myVariable: false });