JSFiddle - React, Tailwind, and code Playground

by Cody Lindley

HTML

<script src="https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/2026291/backbone/jquery-2.0.2.js"></script>
<script src="https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/2026291/backbone/lodash.underscore.js"></script>
<script src="https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/2026291/backbone/backbone.js"></script>
<script src="https://getfirebug.com/firebug-lite-debug.js"></script>

JavaScript

var ContactModel = Backbone.Model.extend({ //extend Backbone.Model
    defaults: {firstName : 'no first name yet',lastName : 'no last name yet'}
});

var contactData = [
    {firstName: 'John',lastName: 'Doe',phone: '1-111-1111'}, 
    {firstName: 'Jane',lastName: 'Doe',phone: '2-222-2222'}
];

//create a collection from model constructor and data
var contacts = new Backbone.Collection(contactData,{model:ContactModel});

console.log(contacts.models); //logs array containing models