Category Archives: Model-View-Controller

Handling DOM Events With EmberJS Views And Controllers

Posted on February 22, 2012 by Derick Bailey

Hot on the heels of picking up Ember and starting to learn it, I think I’ve actually learned something useful! I certainly hope I have, at least. Otherwise, I’m going to be in trouble soon. In my EmberCloneMail app, I … Continue reading →

Also posted in DOM, Ember, Javascript, JQuery, Model-View-Presenter | 9 Comments

EmberJS: Initial Impressions (Compared To Backbone)

Posted on February 21, 2012 by Derick Bailey

Hey! This article references a pre-release version of Ember.js. Now that Ember.js has reached a 1.0 API the code samples below are no longer correct and the expressed opinions may no longer be accurate. Just keep that in mind when … Continue reading →

Also posted in Backbone, Ember, Handlebars, Javascript, Model-View-Presenter, Rails, Ruby, Sinatra | 27 Comments

JavaScript File & Folder Structures: Just Pick One

Posted on February 2, 2012 by Derick Bailey

Rails wants you to put specific files in specific folder structures, based on the object type that will be in the file. Java demands that files in a folder structure are namespaced by that folder structure. VisualStudio also makes it … Continue reading →

Also posted in AntiPatterns, Backbone, Javascript | 7 Comments

Backbone.js Is Not An MVC Framework

Posted on December 23, 2011 by Derick Bailey

I’ve seen this question / statement / argument more than a few dozen times. I don’t particularly care whether or not people try to understand Backbone in terms of MVC frameworks, because that’s how we learn. We adapt new ideas … Continue reading →

Also posted in Backbone, Design Patterns, Javascript, Model-View-Presenter | 25 Comments

Zombies! RUN! (Managing Page Transitions In Backbone Apps)

Posted on September 15, 2011 by Derick Bailey

UPDATE: Backbone.EventBinder Given the continuous feedback that I get from this blog post, I decided to extract my “EventBinder” object that I had built in to Backbone.Marionette for solving this problem, in to it’s own Backbone plugin and repository.  Read … Continue reading →

Also posted in Backbone, Javascript | 75 Comments

Test-Driving Backbone Views With JQuery Templates, The Jasmine Gem, and Jasmine-JQuery

Posted on September 6, 2011 by Derick Bailey

In my current production rails app, I use Cucumber to test my backbone code as an integration test – to make sure that the entire system is playing nice. Over the weekend, I decided to dive a little deeper into my … Continue reading →

Also posted in Backbone, JQuery, Ruby, Unit Testing | 8 Comments

Don’t Execute A Backbone.js Route Handler From Your Code

Posted on August 28, 2011 by Derick Bailey

I was working on a sample Backbone.js application and I ran into a scenario that seemed like it should have been simple on the surface, but was causing me a tremendous amount of headache. Here’s the basic functionality that I … Continue reading →

Also posted in Analysis and Design, AntiPatterns, Backbone, Javascript, Principles and Patterns | 34 Comments

Testing Out Embedding Of JSFiddle

Posted on August 8, 2011 by Derick Bailey

This is mostly just a test to see if I can get a JSFiddle embedded into my blog post. The fiddle is a small backbone app that I’ve been playing with, to try out some different architectural ideas. It’s nothing … Continue reading →

Also posted in Backbone, Javascript, JQuery, User Experience | 10 Comments

Stop Using Backbone As If It Were A Stateless Web Server

Posted on August 3, 2011 by Derick Bailey

In the web development world with MVC based back-end servers, nearly everything is kicked off with routes. Look at rails for example. If you want a list of items, you hit /items and the router executes the index method on … Continue reading →

Also posted in AntiPatterns, Backbone, Javascript, JQuery, Pragmatism, Principles and Patterns | 27 Comments

Knockout Style Data-Bind Attributes For Backbone

Posted on July 29, 2011 by Derick Bailey

Hot on the heels of my Backbone.ModelBinding plugin release, I pushed a significant update out to the github repository. Included in this release is the rest of the form input types, including radio button groups, select boxes, etc (be sure … Continue reading →

Also posted in Backbone, Backbone.ModelBinding, Javascript | 7 Comments