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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Populating model from a third-party API
I'm using Backbone for a personal project in which I created a model named MyModel. On initialization of this model, I want to populate its attributes from a JSON response from a third-party API:
app.MyModel = Backbone.Model.extend({
url:…
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Backbone Collection model duplicate itself
So, I have a table view (parent) and row view (child).
I add every row with this code
addOne: function (model, base) {
var view = new App.Views.file_manager_item({model: model});
base.append(view.render());
},
renderList: function () {
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The collection nested inside firebase collection's model doesn't have add function
In my application, I am trying to use Firebase to store the real time data based on backbone framework.
The problem goes like this:
I have a sub level model and collection, which are both general backbone model and collection.
var Todo =…
Chris Bao
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Feed backbone collection with multiple different model classes
I have several models which have their own url/api they can fetch.
I would like to keep them in a collection.
does it sound like a good idea?
how would you fetch them? (I'm thinking just to get the model I want to update from the collection then…
François Richard
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Backbone.js multiple tables data manipulation
I have 3 separate tables in my page and they all get filled on View Initialize and fetch their data from my backend REST Api. After fetching data i bind the reset to method called paint and inside that loop through the collection and construct the…
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Bubbling events in nested Backbone (Marionette) Models / Collections
We have a large Marionette App, that uses Backbone.trackit to monitor unsaved changes in our Models.
We now have some nested models, in fact we have a Model, with a Collection of Models, that contain a Collection of Models.
trackit doesn't support…
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How to re fetch backbone collection after collection create?
Can someone tell me how to re fetch a Backbone collection after calling collection's create function when I create a new model?
When I call fetch on my collection after creating new model, sometimes I'm getting that model and sometimes not.
My…
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Cannot read property 'type' of undefined with Backbone collection using different models
With Backbone (1.2.3), I'm trying to build a collection using multiple models using the collection's model property:
var coll = Backbone.Collection.extend({
model: function(attrs, options) {
switch(attrs.type) {
case…
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Backbone.js - Creating models and collections for entities having two-way relationships
I am trying to build a simple student listing app using Backbone.js which will allow users to view:
All the students of a university.
All the courses available.
All the students enrolled for a particular course.
All the courses in which a…
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Backbonejs view binding conceptual feedback
I ran into this article (http://coenraets.org/blog/2012/01/backbone-js-lessons-learned-and-improved-sample-app/) and was wondering if the idea of binding and rendering views in the router after instantiating them is best practice. I have been…
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Sort backbone collection in specific order of enum sequence
I am having my backbone collection as below:
var model1 = new Backbone.Model({mode: 'EX'});
var model2 = new Backbone.Model({mode: 'AB'});
var model3 = new Backbone.Model({mode: 'DF'});
var model4 = new Backbone.Model({mode: 'AB'});
var model5 = new…
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Pass values between views in backbone
I have 2 views and need to pass values between them.
var appModel1 = Backbone.Model.extend({
url: '/',
defaults: {
name: 'Default name'
},
validate: function(attr){
}
});
var…
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Backbone Collection adding empty object when API returns no data
I have the following problem: My API returns null - no data available. (that's good!). My collection gets the data but creates one single empty object.
My API result (from Firebug):
{"data":{"objects":null}}
My collection:
var MyCollection =…
Ron
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Sortby Collection BackboneJS With Lodash
I have collection like this:
child{length:3, models:array[3], _byId:Object}
I wanna sort models array, I use lodash like this:
var array_of_objects = new ListCollection();
var data = _.sortByOrder(array_of_objects.models, ['id'], ['asc']);
And I…
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Query Collection using Where with a less than or greater than statement in it?
Does backbone collections using .where() or like function accept some form of less/greater-than statements such as <=, >=, <, >
I cant find anything in the documentation that says anything either way
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