Models in the Backbone.js library.
Questions tagged [backbone-model]
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Using common model for view
We have written a base Backbone view class which abstracts the common methods and properties. All our view class in a module extends this base class. Also this classes use same model.
The model contains a collection. I am listening to change event…
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Fetching from Model has not supply the defaults
In my app, I am fetching the data from /home -by home Model. the Model contains the defaults object. But while i fetch the data, I am not able to see the default object in the model.
here is my model :
define(['backbone'], function(Backbone){
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Server-side Backbone.Model?
I wanted to ask if anyone has tried to create a Backbone Model on the server?
I appreciate Backbone is mainly for the client side and on a previous question about this no one recommended Backbone for the server...
I'm not creating a MVC website or…

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Fetching a single model in backbone, why doesn't this work?
m is a subclass of Backbone.Model. I would expect m.url() to return '/api/media/sources/1' but instead I get:
> m.id
1
> m.collection.url
"/api/media/sources"
> m.urlRoot
undefined
> m.url()
"/api/media/sources"
What's going on?

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Postpone Synchronize Backbone.js Collection with Server
I have a Backbone Collection that users are performing CRUD-type activities on. I want to postpone any changes from being propagated back to the server — the Collection.sync() should not happen until the user initiates it (like POSTING a form).
As…

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backbone.stickit not updating with model change
I have a backbone.sticket binding attached to a model associated with a mainView view:
bindings: -> {
".some-class": "someAttribute",
}
and the following template
The attribute populates correctly, but…

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Backbone.Model: set collection as property
I'm new with backbone and faced the following problems. I'm trying to emulate some sort of "has many relation". To achieve this I'm adding following code to initialize method in the model:
defaults: {
name: '',
tags: []
},
initialize:…

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Update backbone model with new json
Right now, I'm passing json to model like this:
model m = new app.SomeModel(json);
and then using it, which seems fine.
However, now whenever my json changes, I want to pass the new json to the model, without creating a new instance of the model,…

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Backbone model array attribute undefined
I have a Backbone model, which has the following attributes object, as output by console.log in Chrome:
Object
address: "testAddress"
created_at: "2014-03-03 17:17:24"
fpm_company_id: "1"
group: null
id: "3"
maintenance:…

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Backbone.js - Cannot read property 'Model' of undefined
I've been following this tutorial: http://backbonetutorials.com/organizing-backbone-using-modules/
The error is for line 7 of home.js (Model). What am I doing wrong???
main.js
// js/main.js
require.config ({
paths: {
// Include needed…

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Multiple Models using same View in Backbonejs
I'm a beginner in Backbone trying to get a sample page up and running with multiple instances of a Carousel. Here's how my HTML looks like

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Get entire model in Backbone JS
In backbone javascript models, we get individual items as shown below:
var type = this.model.get("type");
Here, type will be defined in server side & then fetched in JS using above syntax.
My question is how do I get the entire model in one shot?
I…

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Backbone Model variable undefined after initialize
I have a problem with a backbone model variable being undefined even though I am sure it is initialized at some point.
AreaOfInterest = Backbone.Model.extend({
defaults:{
marker: null, // center of the area
area: null // area…

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How to get collections in path using pattern matching?
collections:
posts: ->
# @getCollection('documents').findAllLive({relativeDirPath: 'posts'}, [date: -1])
@getCollection('documents').findAllLive({relativeDirPath: {'$in' : ['posts', /post\/[0-9]+/ ]}}, [date: -1])
In the main…

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Backbone Model: empty attribute with get method but in attributes object
I have these lines:
console.log(JSON.stringify(this.model.attributes));
console.log(this.model.get('name'));
And this is the output:
"{"name":"ffg","key":"1c277f82-f093-d359-4cfb-febe4614a3b1"}"
""
I'm starting with Backbone.
Any ideas why the…

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