Backbone 101: Additional Resources

by kyllle

HTML

<script src="https://cdnjs.cloudflare.com/ajax/libs/jquery/3.0.0-alpha1/jquery.min.js"></script>
<script src="https://cdnjs.cloudflare.com/ajax/libs/underscore.js/1.8.3/underscore-min.js"></script>
<script src="https://cdnjs.cloudflare.com/ajax/libs/backbone.js/1.2.2/backbone-min.js"></script>
<link rel="stylesheet" href="https://cdnjs.cloudflare.com/ajax/libs/normalize/3.0.3/normalize.css">
<script src="https://cdnjs.cloudflare.com/ajax/libs/backbone-localstorage.js/1.1.16/backbone.localStorage-min.js"></script>
<script src="https://cdnjs.cloudflare.com/ajax/libs/babel-core/6.1.19/browser.min.js"></script>
<div class="js-ctn"></div>

<script type="text/template" class="js-template">
    <h1>Hey, <%= name %></h1>
</script>

SCSS

@import url(http://fonts.googleapis.com/css?family=Roboto:300,400,500);

* {
  -webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased;
}

body {
    font-family: Roboto;
    padding: 16px;
    line-height: 1.5;
    font-weight: normal;
    color: #ccc;
    background: #292929;
    font-size: 18px;
}

h1, h2, h3 {
    font-weight: normal;
}

.pg-heading {
    margin-bottom: 0;
}

a {
    color: #95baf6;
    transition: opacity .3s;
	
	&:hover {
    	opacity: 0.75;
	}
}

JavaScript

console.clear();

// Dummy Data
var data = {
    "id": 1,
    "name": "John Doe"
}


// Classes
var PersonModel = Backbone.Model.extend();
var PersonView = Backbone.View.extend({
    
	template: _.template( $('.js-template').html() ),
     
    render: function() {
		this.$el.html( this.template( this.model.toJSON() ) ); //or this.model.attributes if toJSON() overrid
        
        return this;
    }
});

// Setup
var personModel = new PersonModel(data, {parse:true});
var personView = new PersonView({
	model: personModel
});

// Add to DOM
$('.js-ctn').html(personView.render().el);