Category Archives: Backbone

Prosthetics And Orthotics: Building Backbone Plugins

Posted on April 22, 2013 by Derick Bailey

A long time ago, in a galaxy far, far away…  It was almost a year ago that I announced a book on building Backbone.js plugins. Since then… nothing. Well I finally got tired of sitting on it and over the … Continue reading →

Also posted in Books, Marionette, Principles and Patterns | 7 Comments

MarionetteJS v1.0

Posted on March 25, 2013 by Derick Bailey

Hot on the heels of the Backbone v1.0 release, I present MarionetteJS v1.0! I quietly released it over the weekend, and I’m glad I did. I already had a bug report and have released v1.0.1 to fix it. :D The … Continue reading →

Also posted in Javascript, Marionette, Open Source | 14 Comments

Event Aggregator And/Or/vs Mediator: A Tale Of Two Patterns

Posted on March 18, 2013 by Derick Bailey

Design patterns often differ only in semantics and intent. That is, the language used to describe the pattern is what sets it apart, more than an implementation of that specific pattern. It often comes down to squares vs rectangles vs … Continue reading →

Also posted in AntiPatterns, Design Patterns, Javascript, JQuery, Principles and Patterns, Workflow | 12 Comments

Method Rewriting: Running With A Lit Stick Of Dynamite

Posted on March 8, 2013 by Derick Bailey

I had a problem I wanted to solve. I thought to myself, “I know! I’ll use function rewriting!” and it was good… I solved the problem. But I also introduced some other problems regarding method references and event handlers.  Method … Continue reading →

Also posted in AntiPatterns, Javascript, Principles and Patterns | 7 Comments

MarionetteJS Screencasts And Videos

Posted on February 11, 2013 by Derick Bailey

There’s been a lot of movement with MarionetteJS and screencasts in the last few months – enough that I decided to add a new “videos” section to the website this weekend. It’s a short list right now, but I expect … Continue reading →

Also posted in Community, Javascript, Marionette, Screencast | 3 Comments

Managing Events As Relationships, Not Just References

Posted on February 6, 2013 by Derick Bailey

In my Scaling Backbone Apps With Marionette talk, I have some slides that deal with JavaScript zombies in Backbone apps. This isn’t a new subject by any means. It is one that I talk about a lot, and spend a … Continue reading →

Also posted in Analysis and Design, Javascript, Principles and Patterns | 7 Comments

Interview With Upfront Podcast: Backbone And Marionette

Posted on February 1, 2013 by Derick Bailey

I was fortunate enough to be the first guest on the Upfront Podcast this week. It’s a new podcast hosted by Jack Franklin and Ben Howdle, focused on all things front-end web development. You’re going to want to add this … Continue reading →

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Warm Crocodile Conference: Copenhagen, Denmark

Posted on November 28, 2012 by Derick Bailey

UPDATE: the slides from this talk are available here: https://speakerdeck.com/derickbailey/scaling-backbone-dot-js-applications-with-marionette-dot-js — If you’ll be in the Copenhagen, Denmark area during the week of January 16 – 17, 2013, you should check out the Warm Crocodile Conference. I’m signed up to give a … Continue reading →

Also posted in Community, Javascript, Marionette, Presentations, Principles and Patterns | 4 Comments

Backbone.EventBinder: Better Event Management For Your Backbone Apps

Posted on October 1, 2012 by Derick Bailey

One of my most popular blog posts in recent history is my Zombies! RUN! post where I outline the possibility and problem of memory leaks and “zombie” views and other objects in Backbone applications. There’s a good chance, in fact, … Continue reading →

Also posted in Backbone.EventBinder, Javascript, Marionette | 8 Comments

Backbone Fundamentals, Intro To Marionette, TodoMVC, And More

Posted on September 13, 2012 by Derick Bailey

I’m very happy to announce that this week’s addition to Addy Osmani’s Backbone Fundamentals book is a chapter on Marionette! I was lucky enough to be able to contribute a large portion of the chapter to the book, including a … Continue reading →

Also posted in Books, Community, Javascript, Marionette | 2 Comments