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mallim / Try.java

Created October 21, 2013 02:23

Jersey @put and @delete with Backbone.emulateHTTP set to true

	import com.sun.jersey.api.view.Viewable;
	import org.apache.log4j.Logger;
	import org.springframework.stereotype.Service;

	import javax.ws.rs.*;
	import javax.ws.rs.core.MediaType;
	import javax.ws.rs.core.Response;
	import java.util.Map;

	@Path("/try")

mallim / MyModelOverrideLocal.js

Created October 18, 2013 06:53

Example showing how to override Backbone Model sync method (specific to a model)

	var MyModelOverrideLocal = Backbone.Model.extend({

	sync: function (method, model, options) {

	if ( method === 'delete' ) {
	if ( options.data ) {
	// properly formats data for back-end to parse
	options.data = JSON.stringify(options.data);
	}
	// transform all delete requests to application/json

mallim / TestWebStories.java

Created October 9, 2013 01:49

JBehave, Selenium with Spring

	import com.thoughtworks.selenium.Selenium;
	import org.jbehave.core.configuration.Configuration;
	import org.jbehave.core.embedder.StoryControls;
	import org.jbehave.core.failures.FailingUponPendingStep;
	import org.jbehave.core.failures.PendingStepStrategy;
	import org.jbehave.core.io.CodeLocations;
	import org.jbehave.core.io.LoadFromClasspath;
	import org.jbehave.core.io.StoryFinder;
	import org.jbehave.core.junit.JUnitStories;
	import org.jbehave.core.reporters.CrossReference;

mallim / TestStandaloneStories.java

Created October 9, 2013 01:47

JBehave with Spring Framework Setup - Advantage of this approach - can control the story sequence


	import org.jbehave.core.configuration.Configuration;
	import org.jbehave.core.configuration.MostUsefulConfiguration;
	import org.jbehave.core.configuration.spring.SpringStoryControls;
	import org.jbehave.core.failures.FailingUponPendingStep;
	import org.jbehave.core.failures.PendingStepStrategy;
	import org.jbehave.core.io.CodeLocations;
	import org.jbehave.core.io.LoadFromClasspath;
	import org.jbehave.core.io.StoryFinder;
	import org.jbehave.core.junit.JUnitStories;

mallim / 1.js

Created September 10, 2013 01:13

requirejs - Have a module that takes no dependencies. Example from http://tech.pro/blog/1561/five-helpful-tips-when-using-requirejs

	//
	// Have a module that takes no dependencies.
	//
	define({
	someProp: "Oooh, how interesting!",
	someMethod: function() {
	// do interesting work
	return compellingValue;
	}
	});

mallim / express_example.js

Created September 6, 2013 11:41

Code sample to run express (with Handlebars as the view engine)

	var express = require('express');
	var cons = require('consolidate');
	var http = require('http');
	var reload = require('reload');

	var app = express();
	var server = http.createServer(app);

	// Assign the handlebars engine to .html files
	app.engine('html', cons.handlebars);

mallim / web.xml

Created September 6, 2013 11:38

Example of the setup in order to use Jersey1+Spring+Jackson 2 in the root path

	<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
	<web-app xmlns="http://java.sun.com/xml/ns/javaee"
	xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance"
	xsi:schemaLocation="http://java.sun.com/xml/ns/javaee http://java.sun.com/xml/ns/javaee/web-app_3_0.xsd"
	version="3.0"
	metadata-complete="true"
	>

	<display-name>Archetype Created Web Application</display-name>

mallim / jersey_jackson.java

Created September 6, 2013 11:29

Jersey + Jackson can map to a String and a Map<String,Object>

	import com.fasterxml.jackson.core.JsonFactory;
	import com.fasterxml.jackson.core.JsonParser;
	import com.fasterxml.jackson.databind.JsonNode;
	import com.fasterxml.jackson.databind.ObjectMapper;

	import javax.ws.rs.*;
	import javax.ws.rs.core.MediaType;
	import javax.ws.rs.core.Response;

	@Path("/some_path")

mallim / json_parse_eg.js

Created September 6, 2013 11:24

How to get a string from java backend and pass it to backbone model or collection?

	// Within a jsp page
	<script>
	var options.saved_values=JSON.parse('${it.json_string_from_Java}');
	var theBackboneModel = new TheBackboneModel(options.saved_values,{parse:true});
	</script>

mallim / preload.js

Created September 6, 2013 11:01

How to load external template in marionette if not using requirejs? Get the code from http://johndavidmathis.wordpress.com/2012/09/13/preloading-backbone-marionette-templates-2/

	// Take note to change the source code for the correct path

	// Example of using when there are multiple templates
	var preloading = Backbone.Marionette.TemplateCache.preloadTemplates(['template1','template2'], this);
	$.when(preloading).done(function() {
	// Do something
	});

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