Developing Backbone.js Applications. Building Better JavaScript Applications

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• Developing Backbone.js Applications
• Preface
  • Target Audience
  • Credits
  • Reading
  • Conventions Used in This Book
  • Using Code Examples
  • Safari Books Online
  • How to Contact Us
  • Acknowledgments
• 1. Introduction
  • What Is MVC?
  • What Is Backbone.js?
  • When Do I Need a JavaScript MVC Framework?
  • Why Consider Backbone.js?
  • Setting Expectations
• 2. Fundamentals
  • MVC
    • Smalltalk-80 MVC
    • MVC Applied to the Web
    • Client-Side MVC and Single-Page Apps
    • Client-Side MVC: Backbone Style
    • Implementation Specifics
      • Models
      • Views
      • Templating
      • Handlebars.js
      • Underscore.js microtemplates
      • Controllers
  • What Does MVC Give Us?
    • Delving Deeper into MVC
    • Summary
    • Further Reading
  • Fast Facts
    • Backbone.js
    • Used by
• 3. Backbone Basics
  • Getting Set Up
  • Models
    • Initialization
      • Default values
    • Getters and Setters
      • Model.get()
      • Model.set()
      • Direct access
    • Listening for Changes to Your Model
    • Validation
  • Views
    • Creating New Views
    • What Is el?
      • $el and $()
      • setElement
      • Understanding render()
      • The events hash
  • Collections
    • Adding and Removing Models
    • Retrieving Models
    • Listening for Events
    • Resetting/Refreshing Collections
    • Underscore Utility Functions
      • forEach: Iterate over collections
      • sortBy(): Sort a collection on a specific attribute
      • map(): Create a new collection by mapping each value in a list through a transformation function
      • min()/max(): Retrieve item with the min or max value of an attribute
      • pluck(): Extract a specific attribute
      • filter(): Filter a collection
      • indexOf(): Return the item at a particular index within a collection
      • any() : Confirm if any of the values in a collection pass an iterator truth test
      • size(): Return the size of a collection
      • isEmpty(): Determine whether a collection is empty
      • groupBy(): Group a collection into groups like items
      • pick(): Extract a set of attributes from a model
      • omit(): Extract all attributes from a model except those listed
      • keys() and values(): Get lists of attribute names and values
      • pairs(): Get list of attributes as [key, value] pairs
      • invert(): Create object in which the values are keys and the attributes are values
    • Chainable API
  • RESTful Persistence
    • Fetching Models from the Server
    • Saving Models to the Server
    • Deleting Models from the Server
    • Options
  • Events
    • on(), off(), and trigger()
    • listenTo() and stopListening()
    • Events and Views
  • Routers
    • Backbone.history
  • Backbones Sync API
    • Overriding Backbone.sync
  • Dependencies
  • Summary
• 4. Exercise 1: TodosYour First Backbone.js App
  • Static HTML
    • Header and Scripts
    • Application HTML
    • Templates
  • Todo Model
  • Todo Collection
  • Application View
  • Individual TodoView
  • Startup
  • In Action
  • Completing and Deleting Todos
  • Todo Routing
  • Summary
• 5. Exercise 2: Book LibraryYour First RESTful Backbone.js App
  • Setting Up
    • Creating the Model, Collection, Views, and App
  • Wiring in the Interface
    • Adding Models
    • Removing Models
  • Creating the Backend
    • Install Node.js, npm, and MongoDB
    • Install Node Modules
    • Create a Simple Web Server
    • Connect to the Database
  • Talking to the Server
  • Summary
• 6. Backbone Extensions
  • MarionetteJS (Backbone.Marionette)
    • Boilerplate Rendering Code
    • Reducing Boilerplate with Marionette.ItemView
    • Memory Management
    • Region Management
    • Marionette Todo App
      • TodoMVC.js
      • TodoMVC.Layout.js
      • TodoMVC.TodoList.js
      • Controllers
      • CompositeView
      • TodoMVC.TodoList.Views.js
      • Todos.js
    • Is the Marionette Implementation of the Todo App More Maintainable?
    • Marionette and Flexibility
    • And So Much More
  • Thorax
    • Hello World
    • Embedding Child Views
    • View Helpers
    • collection Helper
    • Custom HTML Data Attributes
    • Thorax Resources
  • Summary
• 7. Common Problems and Solutions
  • Working with Nested Views
    • Problem
    • Solution 1
    • Solution 2
    • Solution 3
    • Solution 4
  • Managing Models in Nested Views
    • Problem
    • Solution
  • Rendering a Parent View from a Child View
    • Problem
    • Solution
  • Disposing View Hierarchies
    • Problem
    • Solution
  • Rendering View Hierarchies
    • Problem
    • Solution
  • Working with Nested Models or Collections
    • Problem
    • Solution
  • Better Model Property Validation
    • Problem
    • Solution
    • Backbone.validateAll
    • Backbone.Validation
    • Form-Specific Validation Classes
  • Avoiding Conflicts with Multiple Backbone Versions
    • Problem
    • Solution
  • Building Model and View Hierarchies
    • Problem
    • Solution
    • Calling Overridden Methods
    • Backbone-Super
  • Event Aggregators and Mediators
    • Problem
    • Solution
    • Event Aggregator
      • Backbones event aggregator
      • jQuerys event aggregator
    • Mediator
      • A mediator for Backbone
    • Similarities and Differences
      • Events
      • Third-party objects
    • Relationships: When to Use Which
      • Event aggregator use
      • Mediator use
    • Event Aggregator and Mediator Together
    • Pattern Language: Semantics
• 8. Modular Development
  • Organizing Modules with RequireJS and AMD
    • Maintainability Problems with Multiple Script Files
    • Need for Better Dependency Management
    • Asynchronous Module Definition (AMD)
    • Writing AMD Modules with RequireJS
      • Alternate syntax
    • Getting Started with RequireJS
      • RequireJS configuration
        • RequireJS Shims
      • Custom paths
    • Require.js and Backbone Examples
      • Wrapping models, views, and other components with AMD
    • Keeping Your Templates External Using RequireJS and the Text Plug-in
    • Optimizing Backbone Apps for Production with the RequireJS Optimizer
  • Summary
• 9. Exercise 3: Your First Modular Backbone and RequireJS App
  • Overview
  • Markup
  • Configuration Options
  • Modularizing Our Models, Views, and Collections
  • Route-Based Module Loading
    • JSON-Based Module Configuration
    • Module Loader Router
    • Using NodeJS to Handle pushState
  • An Asset Package Alternative for Dependency Management
• 10. Paginating Backbone.js Requests and Collections
  • Backbone.Paginator
    • Live Examples
  • Paginator.requestPager
    • Convenience Methods
  • Paginator.clientPager
    • Convenience Methods
    • Implementation Notes
    • Plug-ins
    • Bootstrapping
    • Styling
    • Summary
• 11. Backbone Boilerplate and Grunt-BBB
  • Getting Started
  • Creating a New Project
    • index.html
    • config.js
    • main.js
    • app.js
    • Creating Backbone Boilerplate Modules
    • router.js
  • Other Useful Tools and Projects
    • Yeoman
    • Backbone DevTools
  • Summary
• 12. Backbone and jQuery Mobile
  • Mobile App Development with jQuery Mobile
    • The Principle of Progressive Widget Enhancement by jQMobile
    • Understanding jQuery Mobile Navigation
  • Basic Backbone App Setup for jQuery Mobile
  • Workflow with Backbone and jQueryMobile
    • Routing to a Concrete View Page, Inheriting from BasicView
    • Management of Mobile Page Templates
    • DOM Management and $.mobile.changePage
  • Applying Advanced jQM Techniques to Backbone
    • Dynamic DOM Scripting
    • Intercepting jQuery Mobile Events
    • Performance
    • Clever Multiplatform Support Management
• 13. Jasmine
  • Behavior-Driven Development
  • Suites, Specs, and Spies
  • beforeEach() and afterEach()
  • Shared Scope
  • Getting Set Up
  • TDD with Backbone
  • Models
  • Collections
  • Views
    • View Testing
      • Initial setup
      • View rendering
      • Rendering with a templating system
  • Exercise
  • Further Reading
  • Summary
• 14. QUnit
  • Getting Set Up
    • Sample HTML with QUnit-Compatible Markup
  • Assertions
    • Basic Test Case Using test( name, callback )
    • Comparing the Actual Output of a Function Against the Expected Output
  • Adding Structure to Assertions
    • Basic QUnit Modules
    • Using setup() and teardown()
    • Using setup() and teardown() for Instantiation and Clean Up
  • Assertion Examples
  • Fixtures
    • Fixtures Example
  • Asynchronous Code
• 15. SinonJS
  • What Is SinonJS?
    • Basic Spies
    • Spying on Existing Functions
    • Inspection Interface
      • Matching arguments: Test that a spy was called with a specific set of arguments
      • Stricter argument matching: Test that a spy was called at least once with specific arguments and no others
      • Testing call order: Test that a spy was called before or after another spy
      • Match execution counts: Test that a spy was called a specific number of times
  • Stubs and Mocks
    • Stubs
    • Mocks
  • Exercise
    • Models
    • Collections
    • Views
    • App
  • Further Reading and Resources
• 16. Conclusions
• A. Further Learning
  • A Simple JavaScript MVC Implementation
    • Event System
    • Models
    • Views
    • Controllers
    • Practical Usage
  • MVP
    • Models, Views, and Presenters
  • MVP or MVC?
  • MVC, MVP, and Backbone.js
  • Namespacing
    • What Is Namespacing?
      • Single global variables
      • Object literals
      • Nested namespacing
    • What Does DocumentCloud Use?
    • Recommendation
  • Backbone Dependency Details
    • DOM Manipulation
    • Utilities
    • RESTful Persistence
    • Routing
  • Backbone Versus Other Libraries and Frameworks
• B. Resources
  • Books and Courses
  • Extensions/Libraries
• Index
• About the Author
• Colophon
• Copyright

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