Monthly Archives: May 2012

$(function(){…}) vs (function($){…})($) or DOMReady vs The Module Pattern

Posted on May 22, 2012 by Derick Bailey

This was originally a StackOverflow question. I’m re-posting here because I think the question is fairly common, and I like the answer that I provided.  Why define anonymous function and pass it jQuery as the argument? This is the original … Continue reading →

Posted in Backbone, DOM, Javascript, JQuery, Principles and Patterns | 7 Comments

Backbone.Syphon: Serialize Form Inputs To JavaScript Objects

Posted on May 17, 2012 by Derick Bailey

Working with form elements in a Backbone view can become very tedious very quickly. You will either end up writing a lot of repetitive code to read values from the form, or end up using a key-value-observer or data-binding solution … Continue reading →

Posted in Backbone, Backbone.Syphon, Javascript, JQuery, JSON | 21 Comments

Workflow In Backbone Apps: Triggering View Events From DOM Events

Posted on May 15, 2012 by Derick Bailey

In my previous blog post, I talked about modeling an explicit workflow in JavaScript and Backbone application. The last code sample I showed had the implementation of the workflow object itself, but omitted all of the details of the views … Continue reading →

Posted in Backbone, Javascript, Workflow | 7 Comments

Modeling Explicit Workflow With Code, In JavaScript And Backbone Apps

Posted on May 10, 2012 by Derick Bailey

A long time ago, in what seems to be a previous life at this point, I wrote a small blog post about modeling and creating an explicit return value from a dialog form in a Windows application. Fast forward a … Continue reading →

Posted in AntiPatterns, Backbone, Javascript, Principles and Patterns, Workflow | 14 Comments

Help Me Improve The Marionette Wiki

Posted on May 9, 2012 by Derick Bailey

Documentation is difficult to write, and even more difficult to write well so that it covers all of the nuances and details that the people building the actual project tend to assume and forget. My Marionette project is no different. … Continue reading →

Posted in Community, Marionette | 6 Comments

Wrapping $.ajax In A Thin “Command” Framework For Backbone Apps

Posted on May 4, 2012 by Derick Bailey

A large number of my recent client applications, built on Backbone, have been using straight jQuery AJAX calls. Sometimes its in combination with Backbone’s persistence method, but other times I end up using AJAX calls in place of Backbone calls. … Continue reading →

Posted in AJAX, Backbone, JQuery, Semantics, Underscore | 6 Comments