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Hello Backbone.js in CoffeeScript
# Rewrote excellent intro to Backbone.js http://arturadib.com/hello-backbonejs/ in CoffeeScript
$ ->
Backbone.sync = (method, model, success, error) ->
success()
class Item extends Backbone.Model
defaults:
part1: 'hello'
part2: 'world'
class List extends Backbone.Collection
model: Item
class ItemView extends Backbone.View
tagName: 'li'
events:
'click span.swap': 'swap'
'click span.delete': 'remove'
initialize: ->
_.bindAll @, 'render', 'unrender', 'swap', 'remove'
@model.bind 'change', @render
@model.bind 'remove', @unrender
render: ->
$(@el).html '<span style="color:black;">'[email protected]('part1')+' '[email protected]('part2')+'</span> &nbsp; &nbsp; <span class="swap" style="font-family:sans-serif; color:blue; cursor:pointer;">[swap]</span> <span class="delete" style="cursor:pointer; color:red; font-family:sans-serif;">[delete]</span>'
this
unrender: ->
$(@el).remove()
swap: ->
swapped =
part1: this.model.get 'part2'
part2: this.model.get 'part1'
@model.set swapped
remove: ->
this.model.destroy()
class ListView extends Backbone.View
el: $('body')
events:
'click button#add': 'addItem'
initialize: ->
_.bindAll @, 'render', 'addItem', 'appendItem'
@collection = new List
@collection.bind 'add', @appendItem
@counter = 0
@render()
render: ->
$(@el).append "<button id='add'>Add list item</button>"
$(@el).append "<ul></ul>"
_(@collection.models).each (item) -> appendItem item, @
addItem: ->
@counter++
item = new Item
item.set part2: item.get('part2') + this.counter
@collection.add item
appendItem: (item) ->
itemView = new ItemView model: item
$('ul', @el).append itemView.render().el
listView = new ListView
//for javascript version with comments see: http://arturadib.com/hello-backbonejs/5.js
$(function(){
Backbone.sync = function(method, model, success, error){
success();
}
var Item = Backbone.Model.extend({
defaults: {
part1: 'hello',
part2: 'world'
}
});
var List = Backbone.Collection.extend({
model: Item
});
var ItemView = Backbone.View.extend({
tagName: 'li', // name of tag to be created
events: {
'click span.swap': 'swap',
'click span.delete': 'remove'
},
initialize: function(){
_.bindAll(this, 'render', 'unrender', 'swap', 'remove'); // every function that uses 'this' as the current object should be in here
this.model.bind('change', this.render);
this.model.bind('remove', this.unrender);
},
render: function(){
$(this.el).html('<span style="color:black;">'+this.model.get('part1')+' '+this.model.get('part2')+'</span> &nbsp; &nbsp; <span class="swap" style="font-family:sans-serif; color:blue; cursor:pointer;">[swap]</span> <span class="delete" style="cursor:pointer; color:red; font-family:sans-serif;">[delete]</span>');
return this;
},
unrender: function(){
$(this.el).remove();
},
swap: function(){
var swapped = {
part1: this.model.get('part2'),
part2: this.model.get('part1')
};
this.model.set(swapped);
},
remove: function(){
this.model.destroy();
}
});
var ListView = Backbone.View.extend({
el: $('body'),
events: {
'click button#add': 'addItem'
},
initialize: function(){
_.bindAll(this, 'render', 'addItem', 'appendItem');
this.collection = new List();
this.collection.bind('add', this.appendItem);
this.counter = 0;
this.render();
},
render: function(){
$(this.el).append("<button id='add'>Add list item</button>");
$(this.el).append("<ul></ul>");
_(this.collection.models).each(function(item){
appendItem(item);
}, this);
},
addItem: function(){
this.counter++;
var item = new Item();
item.set({
part2: item.get('part2') + this.counter
});
this.collection.add(item);
},
appendItem: function(item){
var itemView = new ItemView({
model: item
});
$('ul', this.el).append(itemView.render().el);
}
});
var listView = new ListView();
});
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