Backbone.js Cookbook -- Table of Contents -- Backbone.js Cookbook -- Credits -- About the Author -- Acknowledgement -- About the Reviewers -- www.PacktPub.com -- Support files, eBooks, discount offers and more -- Why Subscribe? -- Free Access for Packt account holders -- Preface -- What this book covers -- What you need for this book -- Who this book is for -- Conventions -- Reader feedback -- Customer support -- Downloading the example code -- Errata -- Piracy -- Questions -- 1. Understanding Backbone -- Introduction -- Designing an application with the MVC pattern -- How to do it... -- Defining business logic with models and collections -- How to do it... -- How it works... -- See also -- Modeling an application's behavior with views and a router -- How to do it... -- How it works... -- See also -- Creating an application structure from scratch -- How to do it... -- Writing your first Backbone application -- How to do it... -- See also -- Implementing URL routing in your application -- How to do it... -- How it works... -- There's more... -- Parsing parameters in a URL -- See also -- Extending an application with plugins -- How to do it... -- See also -- Contributing to the Backbone project -- How to do it... -- 2. Models -- Introduction -- Creating a model -- How to do it... -- There's more... -- Cloning a model -- Setting default attribute values -- Setting default attribute values with a multiline expression -- See also -- Operating with model attributes -- How to do it... -- How it works... -- There's more… -- Checking if a model has an attribute -- Getting HTML escaped attribute value -- Operating with the model identifier -- How to do it... -- How it works... -- There's more... -- Validating model attributes -- How to do it... -- How it works... -- There's more... -- Handling validation errors -- Triggering validation manually -- See also.

Overriding getters and setters -- Getting ready -- How to do it... -- How it works... -- There's more... -- Overriding getter and setter of an existing attribute -- Handling mutators events -- See also -- Creating undo points to store/restore a model's state -- Getting ready -- How to do it... -- How it works... -- There's more... -- Working with the Memento stack -- Restoring from the first state in the stack -- Ignoring attributes from being restored -- Working with collections -- See also -- Implementing workflow for a model -- Getting ready -- How to do it... -- How it works... -- There's more... -- Binding callbacks to transition events -- See also -- Using advanced validation in a model -- Getting ready -- How to do it... -- How it works... -- There's more... -- Using built-in validators -- See also -- Validating an HTML form -- Getting ready -- How to do it... -- How it works... -- There's more... -- Working with nested attributes in a model -- Getting ready -- How to do it... -- How it works... -- There's more... -- Working with a nested array of attributes -- Adding/removing elements to/from a nested array -- Binding callbacks to an events -- See also -- Implementing a one-to-one relationship -- Getting ready -- How to do it... -- How it works... -- See also -- 3. Collections -- Introduction -- Creating a collection of models -- How to do it... -- How it works... -- There's more... -- Getting a model from a collection by its index -- How to do it... -- How it works... -- There's more... -- Getting an index of a collection model -- Getting an independent copy of a model -- Getting the length of a collection -- Getting a model from a collection by its ID -- How to do it... -- How it works... -- See also -- Adding a model to a collection -- How to do it... -- How it works... -- There's more... -- Adding a model at a specific position.

Adding multiple models -- Adding existing models -- See also -- Removing a model from a collection -- How to do it... -- How it works... -- There's more... -- Working with a collection as a stack or as a queue -- How to do it... -- How it works... -- Sorting a collection -- How to do it... -- How it works... -- There's more... -- Comparing a pair of models in the comparator -- See also -- Filtering models in a collection -- How to do it... -- See also -- Iterating through a collection -- How to do it... -- How it works... -- There's more... -- Checking every model to match a specific condition -- Checking any model to match a specific condition -- Getting the attribute from each model in a collection -- Performing specific calculations to each model in a collection -- Boiling down models in a collection into a single value -- See also -- Chaining a collection -- How to do it… -- How it works... -- See also -- Running No SQL queries on a collection -- Getting ready -- How to do it... -- How it works... -- There's more... -- Using standard operators -- equal -- ne -- in -- nin -- exists or has -- Combining queries -- and -- or -- nor -- not -- Multiple queries on the same key -- Sorting query results -- Paging query results -- Caching results -- See also -- Storing models of various types in the same collection -- Getting ready -- How to do it... -- How it works... -- There's more... -- Mapping deeply nested attributes -- Use a function to map the models -- Implementing a one-to-many relationship -- Getting ready -- How to do it... -- How it works... -- There's more... -- Implementing a many-to-many relationship -- Exporting related models to JSON -- See also -- 4. Views -- Introduction -- Rendering a view -- How to do it... -- How it works... -- There's more... -- Creating a new HTML element associated with a view.

Changing the view element dynamically -- Removing a view -- See also -- Dealing with a view element using jQuery -- How to do it... -- How it works... -- There's more... -- Using Zepto as a faster alternative to jQuery -- See also -- Rendering a model in a view -- How to do it... -- How it works... -- See also -- Rendering a collection in a view -- How to do it... -- How it works... -- See also -- Splitting a view into subviews -- How to do it... -- How it works... -- Handling Document Object Model (DOM) events in a view -- How to do it... -- How it works... -- There's more... -- Delegating and undelegating events manually -- See also... -- Switching views using Backbone.Router -- How to do it... -- How it works... -- See also -- 5. Events and Bindings -- Introduction -- Managing events in Backbone.js -- How to do it... -- How it works... -- There's more... -- Unbinding callback from the event -- Listening to events on other objects -- Handling events of Backbone objects -- How to do it... -- There's more... -- Avoiding event triggering when working with Backbone objects -- Using built-in events -- See also -- Binding a model to a view -- How to do it... -- How it works... -- Binding a collection to a view -- How to do it... -- How it works... -- Bidirectional binding with Backbone.stickit -- Getting ready -- How to do it... -- How it works... -- There's more... -- Overriding model getters and setters -- Overriding view element updates -- Listening to a specific HTML event -- See also -- Binding a model and a collection to a select list -- Getting ready -- How to do it... -- How it works... -- See also -- Handling keyboard shortcuts in a view -- Getting ready -- How to do it... -- How it works... -- See also -- Handling router events -- How to do it... -- How it works... -- There's more... -- See also -- 6. Templates and UX sugar -- Introduction.

Using templates in a view -- How to do it... -- How it works... -- There's more... -- Splitting a template into partials -- See also -- Implementing a template loader -- How to do it... -- How it works... -- Using Mustache templates -- Getting ready -- How to do it... -- How it works... -- There's more... -- Using compiled templates -- Using partials -- See also -- Defining a form -- Getting ready -- How to do it... -- How it works... -- There's more... -- Using a form without a model -- See also -- Adding validation to a form -- How to do it... -- How it works... -- There's more... -- Customizing error messages -- Performing a model validation -- See also -- Handling form events -- How to do it... -- How it works... -- See also -- Customizing a form with the Bootstrap framework -- Getting ready -- How to do it... -- How it works... -- There's more... -- Overriding form templates -- See also -- Assembling layouts with LayoutManager -- Getting ready -- How to do it... -- How it works... -- See also -- Building a semantic and an easily styleable data grid -- Getting ready -- How to do it... -- How it works... -- There's more... -- Performing bulk operations on grid models -- Performing records filtering -- See also -- Drawing on the HTML5 canvas -- Getting ready -- How to do it... -- How it works... -- See also -- 7. REST and Storage -- Introduction -- Architecting the REST API for the backend -- How to do it... -- How it works... -- Prototyping a RESTful backend with MongoLab -- Getting ready... -- How to do it... -- How it works... -- See also -- Synchronizing models and collections with a RESTful service -- How to do it... -- How it works... -- There's more... -- Handling MongoDB Extended JSON -- See also -- Building a RESTful frontend with Backbone -- Getting ready... -- How to do it... -- How it works... -- See also.

Using the polling technique to fetch data.