https://github.com/ben-ng/backbone-plus

An improved Backbone.js. For use with Browserify.
https://github.com/ben-ng/backbone-plus

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An improved Backbone.js. For use with Browserify.

• Host: GitHub
• URL: https://github.com/ben-ng/backbone-plus
• Owner: ben-ng
• Created: 2013-10-25T02:13:15.000Z (about 11 years ago)
• Default Branch: master
• Last Pushed: 2013-12-11T03:20:03.000Z (almost 11 years ago)
• Last Synced: 2024-10-13T17:49:27.128Z (26 days ago)
• Language: JavaScript
• Size: 234 KB
• Stars: 0
• Watchers: 3
• Forks: 0
• Open Issues: 0
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  • Readme: Readme.md

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# Backbone-Plus

## The Goal

To make developing web and mobile apps with Backbone + Browserify easy and predictable, without treading into opinionated framework territory.

## The 30-Second Changelog

 * Comes with `jquery-browserify` out of the box

 * `Backbone.ajax` caches responses to speed up initial view renders

    * Defaults to `Accept: application/json`, CORS

```js

// Using caching to improve perceived performance

var myView = Backbone.view.extend({

  initialize: function () {

    var self = this;

    this.collection = new Things();

    /**

    * If a cached response is available, `cacheRead` will trigger

    */

    this.listenToOnce(this.collection

      , 'cacheRead'

      , function (resp) {

        // Parse the response and update the collection

        self.collection.set(self.collection.parse(resp));

        self.render();

      });

    /**

    * Perform a fetch.

    * Note: Even if a cached response was found, the request

    * will still happen, and this callback will still fire.

    */

    this.collection.fetch(function (err) {

      if(err) return alert(err);

      self.stopListening(self.collection, 'cacheRead')

      self.render();

    });

  }

});

```

 * Better error handling in `.save` and `.fetch`

    * Non - 200, 201, 204 status codes are intepreted as errors

    * More meaningful error messages (Assumes `message` key in server response)

 * `.save` and `.fetch` now follow node callback conventions

```js

// Previously:

myModel.save({attr: 'changeMe'}, {

  success: function () {}

, error: function () {}

, headers: {}

});

// Now:

myModel.save(function (err) {

  // etc

});

// Or with options:

myModel.save({

  headers: {}

}, function (err) {

  // etc

});

```

## Todo

 * Drop-in compatability with canonical Backbone to make onboarding easier

## License

The MIT License (MIT)

Copyright (c) 2013 Ben Ng

Permission is hereby granted, free of charge, to any person obtaining a copy

of this software and associated documentation files (the "Software"), to deal

in the Software without restriction, including without limitation the rights

to use, copy, modify, merge, publish, distribute, sublicense, and/or sell

copies of the Software, and to permit persons to whom the Software is

furnished to do so, subject to the following conditions:

The above copyright notice and this permission notice shall be included in

all copies or substantial portions of the Software.

THE SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED "AS IS", WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, EXPRESS OR

IMPLIED, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO THE WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY,

FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE AND NONINFRINGEMENT. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE

AUTHORS OR COPYRIGHT HOLDERS BE LIABLE FOR ANY CLAIM, DAMAGES OR OTHER

LIABILITY, WHETHER IN AN ACTION OF CONTRACT, TORT OR OTHERWISE, ARISING FROM,

OUT OF OR IN CONNECTION WITH THE SOFTWARE OR THE USE OR OTHER DEALINGS IN

THE SOFTWARE.