Category Archives: Marionette

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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 →

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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 Backbone, Javascript, Open Source | 14 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 Backbone, Community, Javascript, Screencast | 3 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 Backbone, Community, Javascript, Presentations, Principles and Patterns | 4 Comments

JavaScript Mixins: Beyond Simple Object Extension

Posted on October 7, 2012 by Derick Bailey

Mixins are generally easy in JavaScript, though they are semantically different than what Ruby calls a Mixin which are facilitated through inheritance behind the scenes. If you need a good place to start to understand how to build mixins with … Continue reading →

Also posted in ECMAScript, Javascript, Principles and Patterns, Underscore | 8 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, Backbone.EventBinder, Javascript | 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 →

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Why Should I Use Backbone.Marionette Instead Of … ?

Posted on June 13, 2012 by Derick Bailey

There’s a question on StackOverflow from someone that wants to know what the real differences are between the various Backbone-based application frameworks. While I can’t really answer the question in terms of what the differences are, I can provide more … Continue reading →

Also posted in Analysis and Design, Backbone, Javascript, Messaging, Open Source, Philosophy of Software, Tools and Vendors | 17 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 →

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