Comments on: References, Routing, And The Event Aggregator: Coordinating Views In Backbone.js

By: Jesse

Jesse — Thu, 25 Apr 2013 17:30:00 +0000

I’m curious… I am using RequireJS for my Backbone app. I could create an ‘events’ module that extends Backone.Events, much like the example you have here using _.extend(). However, whichever module I choose to use this Event Aggregator with will need to be added as a RequireJS dependency.

This is not a huge deal, only 2 strings, but considering Backbone is already a required dependency for all my views, models etc., what about just using Backbone.Events as the ‘vent’? That is assuming I am not extending the functionality at all…. This way I wouldn’t need to create any additional dependencies or modules, and just use the Backbone.Events object right out of the box.

By the way, great site with tons of valuable info! Keep up the good work :)

By: Rob Colburn

Rob Colburn — Tue, 19 Feb 2013 19:45:00 +0000

FYI: Looks like your syntax highlighter plugins are conflicting, and your getting black-text on black-background.

Looks like if you disable: /wp-content/plugins/pygment/css/inkpot.css

Then it will look alright.

By: Derick Bailey

Derick Bailey — Tue, 05 Feb 2013 01:11:00 +0000

At this point, no. You should just use Backbone directly. When I wrote this almost a year and a half ago, it didn’t provide that. :)

By: Eoin Kelly

Eoin Kelly — Mon, 04 Feb 2013 23:09:00 +0000

The Backbone object mixes in events – is there any reason not to use it rather than the custom ‘vent’ object you created here?

By: no one

no one — Sat, 15 Dec 2012 15:34:00 +0000

G-d forbid you ever link to a demo in any of your posts

By: josé tomás albornoz

josé tomás albornoz — Fri, 07 Dec 2012 08:56:00 +0000

This post has helped me a lot. Thanks.

By: Eric Bichara

Eric Bichara — Wed, 31 Oct 2012 15:35:00 +0000

Great post thanks

By: Suresh Rathord

Suresh Rathord — Fri, 27 Jul 2012 16:41:00 +0000

@johnml:disqus Meaning that, using a global variables under a namespace is fine. Thanks

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Fri, 27 Jul 2012 16:08:00 +0000

It’s recommended to namespace it to your app:

We use rt.app.events as a global event handler. Everything under rt.app is an instance variable of some sort so it falls right inline with the structure of our application.

Other than that as long as you keep global events properly named you should avoid any confusion as to what they do.

By: Suresh Rathord

Suresh Rathord — Fri, 27 Jul 2012 15:59:00 +0000

Hi,

I have a question a very basic one though and please correct me if I am wrong. Isn’t vent object a global object ? And isn’t having global variables considered wrong ?