I'm initializing nested collection like te following:
var post = {
id: 123,
title: 'Sterling Archer',
comments: [
{text: 'Comment text', tags: ['tag1', 'tag2', 'tag3']},
{text: 'Comment test', tags: ['tag2', 'tag5']}
]
};
var PostModel = Backbone.Model.extend({
parse: function (response) {
if (response.comments) {
response.comments = new Backbone.Collection(response.comments);
}
return response;
}
});
var post = new PostModel(post, {parse: true});
How should I remove nested 'comments' collection when removing model?
post.destroy();
You can override destroy method of your PostModel instead of sync (which will not be called in case of a new model without id attribute):
destroy: function(options) {
this.get('comments').each(function(mdl) {
mdl.destroy();
});
Backbone.Model.prototype.destroy.call(this, options)
}
This something can be use to delete comments.
sync : function(method,model,options){
if(method=='delete'){
this.comments.destroy();
}
Backbone.sync(method,model,options);
}
Related
I wonder if someone can help to find what's wrong in this case. I get "Uncaught ReferenceError: text is not defined" in line 6 app.js:
((__t=( text ))==null?'':_.escape(__t))+
driver.js:
var Marionette = require('backbone.marionette');
var TodoView = require('./views/layout');
var initialData = {
items: [
{assignee: 'Scott', text: 'Write a book about Marionette'},
{assignee: 'Andrew', text: 'Do some coding'}
]
};
var App = new Marionette.Application({
onStart: function(options) {
var todo = new TodoView({
collection: new Backbone.Collection(options.initialData.items),
model: new ToDoModel()
});
todo.render();
todo.triggerMethod('show');
}
});
App.start({initialData: initialData});
views/layout.js
var Backbone = require('backbone');
var Marionette = require('backbone.marionette');
var ToDoModel = require('../models/todo');
var FormView = require('./form');
var ListView = require('./list');
var Layout = Marionette.View.extend({
el: '#app-hook',
template: require('../templates/layout.html'),
regions: {
form: '.form',
list: '.list'
},
collectionEvents: {
add: 'itemAdded'
},
onShow: function() {
var formView = new FormView({model: this.model});
var listView = new ListView({collection: this.collection});
this.showChildView('form', formView);
this.showChildView('list', listView);
},
onChildviewAddTodoItem: function(child) {
this.model.set({
assignee: child.ui.assignee.val(),
text: child.ui.text.val()
}, {validate: true});
var items = this.model.pick('assignee', 'text');
this.collection.add(items);
},
itemAdded: function() {
this.model.set({
assignee: '',
text: ''
});
}
});
module.exports = Layout;
todoitem.html
<%- item.text %> — <%- item.assignee %>
Any can me explain why text is not defined?
check your ToDoModel for a typo, the Backbone Model field should be "defaults" not "default", while parsing for a template Marionette view looks for "defaults" field:
https://marionettejs.com/docs/master/template.html#rendering-a-model
so the ToDoModel code should go like this:
...
var ToDo = Backbone.Model.extend({
defaults: {
assignee: '',
text: ''
},
...
You should take a look at the Marionnette's ItemView documentation which explain how to render a template with custom data.
var my_template_html = '<div><%= args.name %></div>'
var MyView = Marionette.ItemView.extend({
template : function(serialized_model) {
var name = serialized_model.name;
return _.template(my_template_html)({
name : name,
some_custom_attribute : some_custom_key
});
}
});
new MyView().render();
Note that using a template function allows passing custom arguments
into the .template function and allows for more control over how the
.template function is called.
With the code you provided at the moment, I can't help.
Marionette calls 'serializeModel' before passing the context to 'template'. So, if you have a backbone.model like
{
.
.
.
attributes: {
text: 'someText',
asignee: 'someAsignee'
}
.
.
}
your template will receive
{
text: 'someText',
assignee: 'someAsignee'
}
I have worked with handlebars but not underscore exactly. There {{this.text}} and {{this.assignee}} works like a charm in the template. So, try this.text or text in place of item.text, see if that works
I am trying to get a Collection to render in a Backbone View, but it won't populate out the HTML. It will console log after the fetch, but does not console log inside of the _.each. Any clues? I am new to Backbone and am looking for assistance with populating based on REST calls. It works with hard data (inline entries from an array), but seems to trip up on the REST.
<script>
var featuredArticle = Backbone.Model.extend({
defaults: {
id: '',
headLine: '',
snippet: '',
fullStory: '',
location: '',
nsfw: '',
category: '',
relatedArticleIds: '',
hasVideoPlaceholder: '',
numberOfImages: ''
}
});
var featuredArticles = Backbone.Collection.extend({
model: featuredArticle,
url: 'http://myrestendpoint'
});
var articleView = Backbone.View.extend({
tagName: 'ul',
render: function () {
var that = this;
var getfeaturedArticles = new featuredArticles();
getfeaturedArticles.fetch();
console.log(getfeaturedArticles);
_.each(that.collection, function (value) {
console.log(value.headLine);
$(that.el).append('<li>' + value.headLine + '</li>');
})
return that;
}
});
var articles = new articleView({collection: featuredArticles});
$("body").append(articles.render().el);
</script>
While creating articleView instance, you need to pass an instance of collection not the variable containing the definition.
Hence change :
var articles = new articleView({collection: featuredArticles});
to
var articles = new articleView({collection: new featuredArticles});
In articleView's render method, use the collection for fetch.
Change :
var getfeaturedArticles = new featuredArticles();
getfeaturedArticles.fetch();
console.log(getfeaturedArticles);
to
this.collection.fetch();
console.log(this.collection);
So, this is what my model looks like (represented by fixture data):
var posts = [{
id: 'b026324c6904b2a9',
title: "My new front door",
author: { name: "Matthieu" },
date: new Date('2013-10-28T12:19:30.789'),
status: 'new',
hidden_message: "hidden1"
}, {
id: '26ab0db90d72e28a',
title: "Best pizza in town",
author: { name: "Harry" },
date: new Date('2013-10-28T12:19:30.789'),
status: '',
hidden_message: "hidden2"
}, {
id: '6d7fce9fee471194',
title: "Skateboard dreamland",
author: { name: "Matthieu" },
date: new Date('2013-10-28T12:19:30.789'),
status: 'solved',
hidden_message: "hidden3"
}, {
id: '48a24b70a0b37653',
title: "my house looks like a pumpkin",
author: { name: "Harry" },
date: new Date('2013-10-28T12:19:30.789'),
status: '',
hidden_message: "hidden4"
}];
My route:
App.IndexRoute = Ember.Route.extend({
model: function() {
return posts;
}
});
And, I'd like to be able to display a certain piece of HTML in the template if the corresponding post is new, a different one if it's solved, and nothing if the status is blank. It seems to me as if the best way to do this is using an {{#if}} helper, but that doesn't do equality comparisons, it can only take a boolean variable. So, I'd like to do something like this:
App.IndexController = Ember.ArrayController.extend({
isNew: function(val) {
if(this.get('currentitem.status') === 'new') {
return true;
}
return false;
}.property('isNew')
});
But I can't find out how to select the item being currently accessed by {{#each}} in the template. Is this even possible, and if yes, how do I do it (or something similar)?
Thanks all!
The correct way to do this is to create an itemcontroller that helps you by providing a controller per item in your collection.
App.IndexController = Ember.ArrayController.extend({
itemController: "PostItem",
});
App.PostItemController = Ember.ObjectController.extend({
isNew: function() {
if(this.get('status') === 'new') {
return true;
}
return false;
}.property('status')
});
Then in your handlebar template you can just call {{isNew}} in the {{#each}}-context.
I've put up a working fiddle that you can test it out in.
http://jsfiddle.net/LordDaimos/v8NR3/1/
Best way would probably be to wrap each post in an object that has the isNew method, like this:
var postObject = Ember.Object.extend({
isNew: function() {
if(this.get('status') === 'new') {
return true;
}
return false;
}.property('status')
});
App.IndexRoute = Ember.Route.extend({
model: function() {
return posts.map(function(post){
return postObject.create(post);
});
}
});
this way you could query on each post.
I've got a Backbone Model called Delivery. I then create a collection of Deliveries called DeliveryList backed by LocalStorage. In my Marionette.ItemView for displaying items in the collection, I have a method to remove items:
removeDeliveryOption: function() {
Deliveries.remove(this.model.get("id"));
}
For some reason, this removes the item from the Marionette.CompositeView when I click the remove button, but when I reload the page the same number of items always reappear.
It's worth noting that when I delete the item, it always reappears with the default optionName "Free Delivery". I'm using both defaults and a schema in the model because I'm using the Backbone-forms plugin (https://github.com/powmedia/backbone-forms).
Any help is greatly appreciated!
var Delivery = Backbone.Model.extend({
defaults: function () {
return {
order: Deliveries.nextOrder(),
optionName: "Free Delivery",
shipToState: "Hawaii",
zipCodes: "96813",
perOrderFee: "0.00",
perItemFee: "0.00"
};
},
schema: {
optionName: { type: 'Text', validators: ['required'] },
shipToState: { type: 'Select', options: getStateNames(), validators: ['required'] },
zipCodes: { type: 'Text', validators: ['required'] },
perOrderFee: { type: 'Text', validators: ['required'] },
perItemFee: { type: 'Text', validators: ['required'] },
}
});
var DeliveryList = Backbone.Collection.extend({
model: Delivery,
localStorage: new Backbone.LocalStorage("deliverylist-backbone"),
nextOrder: function () {
if (!this.length) return 1;
return this.last().get('order') + 1;
},
comparator: 'order'
});
var Deliveries = new DeliveryList;
var deliveryView = Marionette.ItemView.extend({
//tagName: "li",
template: "#delivery-item-template",
events: {
"click #removeThis": "removeDeliveryOption",
},
removeDeliveryOption: function() {
Deliveries.remove(this.model.get("id"));
}
});
var DeliveriesView = Marionette.CompositeView.extend({
initialize: function() {
Deliveries.fetch();
},
template: '#deliveries-view-template',
itemView: deliveryView,
events: {
"click #addShipping": "addDeliveryOption",
},
addDeliveryOption: function() {
var editDeliveryForm = new Backbone.Form({
template: _.template($("#editDeliveryTemplate").html()),
model: Deliveries.create()
}).render();
this.$el.append(editDeliveryForm.el);
$("#triggerEditDelivery").fancybox({
'afterClose': function () {
commitForm(editDeliveryForm);
//Wait do display the inlineModel until here
// Once we've bound the form to the model, put the saving logic with the collection
//Deliveries.last().save();
}
}).trigger('click');
},
// Specify a jQuery selector to put the itemView instances in to
itemViewContainer: "#deliveries",
});
EDIT
Thanks to #ejosafat! Had to destroy the model instead of just removing from collection.
removeDeliveryOption: function() {
this.model.destroy();
}
The remove method only affects the collection loaded in the browser, not in the permanent storage (local or server). That's why it dissappears from the view but when you reload the page it appears again.
If you want to get rid of that model in the storage too, use its destroy method.
(btw, it's a common convention in Javascript to use initial capital letter only for constructor functions, as clue that it should be used with the new operator, or be extended to create a derived constructor/class, so it's a bad idea to use Deliveries as a collection var name)
I'm running into a problem maintaining my collection. First, I load attendees into a collection via fetch. This loads existing attendees from the database in to the collection. I also have a button which allows a user to add new attendees. When an attendee is manually entered it seems to wipe out the models loaded into the collection via fetch and starts fresh. All manually added attendees now populate the collection; however, i would like both the fetch loaded and manually added attendees to populate this list.
var InviteeView = Backbone.View.extend({
tagName: "tr",
initialize: function() {
this.collection = new InviteeJSONList();
_.bindAll(this, 'render','appendItem','remove','saveInvitee');
},
events: {
"click .removeInvitee":"remove",
"click .saveInvitee":"saveInvitee"
},
render: function() {
var source = $("#invitee-template").html();
var template = Handlebars.compile(source);
var context = inviteeListJSON.attributes['json'];
var html=template(context);
$(this.el).html(html);
return this;
},
appendItem: function() {
$("#attendees").append(this.render().el);
},
remove: function() {
$(this.el).remove();
},
saveInvitee: function() {
var value = $(this.el).find('select').val();
var model = this.collection.attributes['json']['invitees'];
model = model.filter(function(attributes) {return attributes.encrypted_id==value});
var attendee = new Attendee({
user_id: model[0]['id'],
meeting_id: '<?=$mid?>',
status: 'Uncomfirmed',
first_name: model[0]['first_name'],
last_name: model[0]['last_name'],
email: model[0]['email'],
user_uuid: model[0]['encrypted_id'],
unavailable_dates: model[0]['unavailable_dates']
});
attendeeView.addAttendeeItem(attendee.attributes)
this.remove();
}
});
var AttendeeList = Backbone.Collection.extend({
model: Attendee,
url: '<?=$baseURL?>api/index.php/attendees/<?=$mid?>×tamp=<?=$timestamp?>&userid=<?=$userid?>&apikey=<?=$apikey?>',
parse: function(response) {
if(response!="No History") {
$.each(response['attendees'], function(key, value) {
attendeeView.addAttendeeItem(value);
});
$('.loading_attendees').hide();
}
else {
$('.loading_attendees').html("No attendees exists for this meeting.");
}
}
});
var AttendeeView = Backbone.View.extend({
el: $('body'),
initialize: function() {
_.bindAll(this, 'render','fetchAttendees', 'appendItem', 'addAttendeeItem');
this.counter=0;
this.collection = new AttendeeList();
this.collection.bind('add', this.appendItem);
this.fetchAttendees();
},
events: {
"click #addInvitee":"appendInvitees",
},
appendInvitees: function() {
var inviteeView = new InviteeView();
inviteeView.appendItem();
},
render: function() {
},
fetchAttendees: function() {
this.collection.fetch({
success: function(model, response) {
},
error: function(model, response) {
$('#loading_attendees').html("An error has occurred.");
}
});
},
appendItem: function(item) {
var attendeeItemView = new AttendeeItemView({
model: item
});
$("#attendees").append(attendeeItemView.render().el);
attendeeItemView.updateAttendeeStatusSelect();
},
addAttendeeItem: function(data) {
this.counter++;
var attendee = new Attendee({
id: data['id'],
user_id: data['user_id'],
meeting_id: data['id'],
status: data['status'],
comments: data['comments'],
attended: data['datetime'],
first_name: data['first_name'],
last_name: data['last_name'],
email: data['email'],
counter: this.counter,
user_uuid: data['user_uuid'],
unavailable_dates: data['unavailable_dates']
});
this.collection.add(attendee);
},
});
After the collection (2 items loaded from REST API) is loaded via fetch():
console.log(this.collection.models) outputs:
[d]
[d,d]
Then when I manually add an attendee via a button the collection seems to reset:
console.log(this.collection.models) outputs:
[d]
Good that it's working, as there are many ways to go. I probably would have structured it a bit differently to leverage the Backbone methods that instantiate modes, but working code is the real goal, so these are just my thoughts:
Rather than actually instantiate the Models in the Collection parse() method, merely have parse return an array of data objects from which Backbone would instantiate the models, and trigger a
Rather than call fetch for the Collection inside AttendeeView, but outside the View class
Either have AttendeeView represent the view for a single attendee, or name it AttendeeListView and have it render the list
For instance:
AttendeeList = Backbone.Collection.extend({
...
parse: function(response) {
// create an array of objects from which the models can be parsed
var rawItems = [];
$.each(response['attendees'], function(key, value) {
rawItems.push({
id: data['id'],
user_id: data['user_id'],
meeting_id: data['id'],
status: data['status'],
comments: data['comments'],
attended: data['datetime'],
first_name: data['first_name'],
last_name: data['last_name'],
email: data['email'],
counter: this.counter,
user_uuid: data['user_uuid'],
unavailable_dates: data['unavailable_dates']
});
});
return rawItems;
},
...
}
and then either use the success/failure call backs:
AttendeeList.fetch( onListFetchSuccess , onListFetchFail );
or listen for the reset event that gets triggered:
AttendeeList.on('reset', createAttendeeListView );
(I didn't actually edit and run the code, this is just an outline)
I ended up resolving the issue by removing the url parameter and parse function out of the collection and into the view. Now everything works as expected.