This document discusses JavaScript MV* frameworks. It covers common features of these frameworks including the client-server model, event handling, view templates, and URL routing. It also provides examples of models, collections, implementing client-server sync, views and events, view templates, and UI element binding.

1. Javascript MV*
frameworks
Kerry Buckley, FE Suffolk 27/8/12

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7. Features

8. Client-server model
synchronisation

9. Event
handling

10. View templates

11. URL
routing

12. UI element
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18. Models
window.Todo = Backbone.Model.extend({
idAttribute: "_id",
defaults: function() {
return {
done: false,
order: Todos.nextOrder()
};
},
toggle: function() {
this.save({done: !this.get("done")});
}
});

19. Collections
window.TodoList = Backbone.Collection.extend({
model: Todo,
url: '/api/todos',
done: function() {
return this.filter(function(todo){
return todo.get('done');
});
},
remaining: function() {
return this.without.apply(this, this.done());
}
});

20. Client-server sync
get '/api/:thing' do
DB.collection(params[:thing]).find.to_a.map{|t| from_bson_id(t)}.to_json
end
get '/api/:thing/:id' do
from_bson_id(DB.collection(params[:thing]).find_one(to_bson_id(params[:id]))).to_json
end
post '/api/:thing' do
oid = DB.collection(params[:thing]).insert(JSON.parse(request.body.read.to_s))
"{"_id": "#{oid.to_s}"}"
end
delete '/api/:thing/:id' do
DB.collection(params[:thing]).remove('_id' => to_bson_id(params[:id]))
end
put '/api/:thing/:id' do
DB.collection(params[:thing]).update({'_id' => to_bson_id(params[:id])},
{'$set' => JSON.parse(request.body.read.to_s).reject{|k,v| k == '_id'}})
end
def to_bson_id(id) BSON::ObjectId.from_string(id) end
def from_bson_id(obj) obj.merge({'_id' => obj['_id'].to_s}) end

21. Views & events
window.TodoView = Backbone.View.extend({
tagName: "li",
template: _.template($('#item-template').html()),
events: {
"click .check" : "toggleDone",
"dblclick div.todo-text" : "edit",
"click span.todo-destroy" : "clear",
"keypress .todo-input" : "updateOnEnter"
},
initialize: function() {
this.model.bind('change', this.render, this);
this.model.bind('destroy', this.remove, this);
},
render: function() {
$(this.el).html(this.template(this.model.toJSON()));
this.setText();
return this;
},
toggleDone: function() {
this.model.toggle();
},
edit: function() {
$(this.el).addClass("editing");
this.input.focus();
},
// ...
});

22. View templates
<script id="item-template" type="text/template">
<div class="todo <%= done ? 'done' : '' %>">
<div class="display">
<input class="check" type="checkbox" <%= done ? 'checked="checked"' : '' %> />
<div class="todo-text"></div>
<span id="todo-destroy"></span>
</div>
<div class="edit">
<input class="todo-input" type="text" value="" />
</div>
</div>
</script>

23. URL routing
var Workspace = Backbone.Router.extend({
routes: {
"help": "help", // #help
"search/:query": "search", // #search/kiwis
"search/:query/p:page": "search" // #search/kiwis/p7
},
help: function() {
...
},
search: function(query, page) {
...
}
});

25. UI element binding

26. UI element binding
<form action="#">
New item:
<input />
<button type="submit">Add</button>
<p>Your items:</p>
<select multiple="multiple">
</select>
</form>

27. UI element binding
<form action="#" data-bind="submit: addItem">
New item:
<input data-bind='value: itemToAdd, valueUpdate: "afterkeydown"' />
<button type="submit"
data-bind="enable: itemToAdd().length > 0">Add</button>
<p>Your items:</p>
<select multiple="multiple" data-bind="options: items">
</select>
</form>

28. UI element binding
var SimpleListModel = function(items) {
this.items = ko.observableArray(items);
this.itemToAdd = ko.observable("");
this.addItem = function() {
if (this.itemToAdd() !== "") {
this.items.push(this.itemToAdd());
this.itemToAdd("");
}
}.bind(this);
};
ko.applyBindings(new SimpleListModel(["Alpha", "Beta", "Gamma"]));

29. Any
questions

30. Image credits
• http://geekswithblogs.net/dlussier/archive/2009/11/21/136454.aspx
• http://www.flickr.com/photos/anhonorablegerman/6133053209
• http://www.flickr.com/photos/ksayer/5614813544
• http://www.flickr.com/photos/camafghanistancam/4905314342
• http://www.flickr.com/photos/duncan/4222224278
• http://www.flickr.com/photos/scissorhands33/3430164569
• http://www.flickr.com/photos/patlet/53104695
• http://www.flickr.com/photos/omcoc/6751047205