Category Archives: Model-View-Controller

Awesome Model Binding For Backbone.js

Posted on July 24, 2011 by Derick Bailey

A few weeks ago, Brandon Satrom introduced me to Knockout.js by pointing me to a video by Steve Sanderson. I haven’t had a chance to try KO, yet, but I have to say I was blown away by the data-binding … Continue reading →

Also posted in Backbone, Backbone.ModelBinding, Javascript, JQuery | 16 Comments

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

Posted on July 19, 2011 by Derick Bailey

I recently found myself needing to facilitate communication between two backbone views. The first view is a medication – one that is currently being taken by a particular patient. The second view is the add/edit view that allows the patient … Continue reading →

Also posted in Backbone, Design Patterns, Javascript, Principles and Patterns | 66 Comments

Rendering jQuery Templates With Backbone Views

Posted on June 20, 2011 by Derick Bailey

In my previous examples of using views with Backbone.js, I showed a simple login form that was built directly in to the page’s html markup. In a more complex app, you are likely going to load content from a server … Continue reading →

Also posted in Backbone, Javascript, JQuery, JSON | 16 Comments

Solving Backbone’s “this.model.view” Problem With Underscore.js

Posted on June 15, 2011 by Derick Bailey

In my last post, I briefly touched on a small problem in the relationship between the view and the model. Here’s the relevant code, again:   This is some awful code, honestly. I didn’t like it when I first wrote … Continue reading →

Also posted in Backbone, Javascript, JQuery | 11 Comments

Binding A Backbone View To A Model, To Enable and Disable A Button

Posted on June 15, 2011 by Derick Bailey

Continuing the contrived example from yesterday – a very simple login form – I wanted to show how Joey and I are using backbone’s events and models to enable and disable a button on the form.   The Form Layout … Continue reading →

Also posted in Backbone, Javascript, Principles and Patterns | 14 Comments

Intro To Backbone.js: How A Winforms Developer is At Home In Javascript

Posted on June 14, 2011 by Derick Bailey

Today, I was introduced to Backbone.js and I almost immediately fell in love with it. It’s powerful. It’s elegant. But most of all, it’s a set of design and interaction patterns that I have a lot of experience using.   … Continue reading →

Also posted in Backbone, Design Patterns, Javascript, JQuery, Model-View-Presenter | 23 Comments

Sometimes It’s Better To Use A Ruby Hash Than Create A Custom Class

Posted on May 25, 2011 by Derick Bailey

The Eloquent Ruby book talks about the use of hashes and arrays vs classes. One of the things it covers is how hashes and arrays are often used by experienced ruby developers in place of custom classes. Coming from a … Continue reading →

Also posted in AntiPatterns, Pragmatism, Principles and Patterns, Ruby | 6 Comments

Don’t Do Role-Based Authorization Checks; Do Activity-Based Checks

Posted on May 24, 2011 by Derick Bailey

I’ve built a few dozen security mechanisms in my career. Unfortunately, I kept getting it wrong, hence the need to keep building them. Over the years, though, I learned a number of different ways that a security system can be … Continue reading →

Also posted in .NET, Analysis and Design, AntiPatterns, C#, Rails, Ruby, Security | 41 Comments

Embracing Conventions With Namespaced Models And Partials

Posted on May 11, 2011 by Derick Bailey

Six months ago when I started working a contract with Joey Beninghove, I had never done full time rails work. I had played with it a few times and built a few small example apps just to get the hang … Continue reading →

Also posted in AntiPatterns, Philosophy of Software, Principles and Patterns, Rails, Ruby | 3 Comments

What’s your favorite part of software development, and why?

Posted on May 10, 2011 by Derick Bailey

I love solving problems and making the lives and/or jobs of others easier. I have a natural fascination with puzzles, electronics and tools combined with a deep seeded need to create and combine things in different ways. This is part … Continue reading →

Also posted in Analysis and Design, Domain Driven Design, Model-View-Presenter, Productivity | 5 Comments