For Backbone questions specific to Backbone's collections.
Backbone collections are order sets of models. Collections forward events on their models to the collection's listeners for convenience.
Questions tagged [backbone.js-collections]
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Setting Default Options for Backbone Collections
I have a Backbone Collection like so:
var ThreadCollection = Backbone.Collection.extend({
url: '/api/rest/thread/getList'
});
var myCollection = new ThreadCollection();
And then I'm fetching it from the server using the data object to append the…
Evan Hobbs
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Why does the backbone.js where function return an array of models?
When I use the Backbone.Collection.where function to filter the collection I get an array of models as return value but not an other filtered collection object. So I can't use other collection functions with that.
What is the purpose of such…
fey
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Backbone paginator not paginating my collection
define([
'underscore',
'backbone',
'models/shared_object',
'backbone_paginate'
], function(_, Backbone, Shared_Object){
"use strict";
var myCollection= Backbone.Collection.extend({
initialize: function(option) {
…
Sudo
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2 backbone.js collections with same models but different sort orders
I have to display the same collection of backbone models in 2 different places on the same page (once in the navigation, once in the main area), and I need to keep the models in the collections in sync but allow each collection to be sorted…
Peter Lyons
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Backbone.js - getting id from collection create
I am adding a model to a collection using the create method and the api is responding just fine. The model seems to have been properly returned and see the console.dir( resp ); which is what I was looking for. However, when I try to access…
Joe
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0.5.3 to 0.9.2 adding to collection inefficiency
I upgraded from 0.5.3 to 0.9.2 of backbone.js and I noticed a significant decrease in speed on my application. The application handles many large collections and adds a large number of models at certain points. There is anywhere between 0 to 600…
georgephillips
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Update a model but persist the whole Backbone collection
My API response:
{
firstName: '',
lastName: '',
notifications: [
{
category: '1',
subcategory: '',
source: '',
optInDate: '',
optOutDate: '',
active: ''
},
{
category: '2',
…
arjary
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How do I execute a custom backbone sort on different attributes?
I'm trying to do the following. I would like to sort some baseball players with this in mind. Managers should be at the top (sorted by active then name), then I would like to sort the player or any other type - could be several other types by…
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how to make a search form using backbone.js
I am working with Backbone.js for the very first time, and trying to get my head around how it works. I want to make a search form but i am stuck at starting point.
Here is my input search box
and i want…
Ganesh
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.fetch() collection backbone.js doesn't work
I want to call API URL to get data, and pass it to a view, but encounter an error when using fetch property:
Uncaught TypeError: Cannot read property 'localStorage' of undefined
at G.d.Backbone.sync (backbone.localStorage-min.js:8)
at…
Rana
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How to pass variable instead of url in Backbone.Collection
I try to pass my data into Backbone.Collection without using url. I just have a response with array of objects and what I need is to pass a variable into url. But url is a path in a working directory to a json file or a url to the server. So how can…
Кирилл Малыхин
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backbone filter collection to return models by name?
I am trying to filter a collection a collection by a models attribute (name),
byName: function(searchParam) {
var filtered = this.filter(function(model){
console.log(model.get('name').toLowerCase());
…
Udders
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Backbone: Show validation errors for each model in a collection on VIEW
I'm working on a Backbone application where I allow the user to Add multiple items.
Here's my Model:
//Model
var Item = Backbone.Model.extend({
defaults: {
part1: 'hello',
part2: 'world'
},
validate: function…
Abhishek
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Why the 'fetch function' automatically call the 'parse function' on backbone.js collection?
I am trying to parse my json file into Backbone collection and model as like below.
This is .json file
[
{
"type": "rect",
"x": 10,
"y": 10,
"w": 100,
"h": 100,
"color": "red"
},
{
"type": "arc",
"x": 210,
"y":…
Jinny Song
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Backbone fetching data from model vs collection
I created a simple backbone project, where it fetches all books details and show it in UI. I am fetching all the books details from the model. not at all using collection something like this
var BookModel= Backbone.Model.extend({
initialize:…
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