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Rendering a view after multiple async functions return (using promises)
In the last post, we saw how to use jQuery’s promises to render a view once data had been returned from an asynchronous function. Let’s take the concept a little further and see how we could render the view only … Continue reading
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Using jQuery promises to render Backbone views after fetching data
So I’ve been working through Brian Mann’s Marionette screencasts at Backbonerails.com. They’re absolutely top notch material, and I can’t recommend them enough. So if you want to learn how to go about building large Backbone applications (even if the back … Continue reading
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Tutorial: Nested views using Backbone Marionette’s CompositeView
A reader recently asked me how I would go about using Marionette to create an accordion like Twitter’s Bootstrap collapse component. In this post, I’ll not only give you my take on the answer, but also guide you through my … Continue reading
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Tutorial: a full Backbone.Marionette application (part 2)
In the previous post, we started writing our application (see it live!) and now have a functional app, even if it still is somewhat basic.
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Tutorial: a full Backbone.Marionette application (part 1)
In previous posts, I introduced you to Backbone.Marionette which provides many niceties to help you build complex Backbone.js apps. We’ll cover more advanced topics here, such as Backbone.History, modal windows, organizing code into sub applications, and more. The resulting app … Continue reading
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A simple Backbone.Marionette tutorial (part 2)
In the previous post, we started building a simple cat leader board (see it live!) and got all the way to displaying the list of cat names. Let’s finish and get to the result!
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A simple Backbone.Marionette tutorial
In this series of posts, we’ll cover writing a simple Backbone.js application as a primer. You can see the live result here. The original application is at https://github.com/ddellacosta/backbone.js-examples/tree/master/collections3 and all design assets (CSS, images, etc.) are from there. This tutorial … Continue reading
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