@types/backbone

What is @types/backbone?

@types/backbone provides TypeScript type definitions for the Backbone.js library, which is a framework that gives structure to web applications by providing models with key-value binding and custom events, collections with a rich API of enumerable functions, views with declarative event handling, and connects it all to your existing API over a RESTful JSON interface.

What are @types/backbone's main functionalities?

Models

Backbone models are the heart of any JavaScript application, containing the interactive data as well as a large part of the logic surrounding it. The code sample demonstrates how to define a model with default attributes and how to create an instance of that model.

const MyModel = Backbone.Model.extend({
  defaults: {
    name: 'Default Name',
    age: 0
  }
});

const modelInstance = new MyModel();
console.log(modelInstance.get('name')); // Output: Default Name

Collections

Collections are ordered sets of models. The code sample shows how to define a collection that contains a specific model type and how to create an instance of that collection with initial data.

const MyModel = Backbone.Model.extend({});
const MyCollection = Backbone.Collection.extend({
  model: MyModel
});

const collectionInstance = new MyCollection([{ id: 1 }, { id: 2 }]);
console.log(collectionInstance.length); // Output: 2

Views

Views are used to reflect the state of a model or collection in the user interface. The code sample demonstrates how to define a view with a render method and how to create an instance of that view and render it.

const MyView = Backbone.View.extend({
  render: function() {
    this.$el.html('Hello, World!');
    return this;
  }
});

const viewInstance = new MyView();
viewInstance.render();
console.log(viewInstance.el.innerHTML); // Output: Hello, World!

Routers

Routers provide methods for routing client-side pages and connecting them to actions and events. The code sample shows how to define a router with a route and how to navigate to that route programmatically.

const MyRouter = Backbone.Router.extend({
  routes: {
    'home': 'homeRoute'
  },
  homeRoute: function() {
    console.log('Home route triggered');
  }
});

const routerInstance = new MyRouter();
Backbone.history.start();
routerInstance.navigate('home', { trigger: true }); // Output: Home route triggered

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@types/angular

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README

Installation

npm install --save @types/backbone

Summary

This package contains type definitions for Backbone 1.0.0 (http://backbonejs.org/).

Details

Files were exported from https://www.github.com/DefinitelyTyped/DefinitelyTyped/tree/types-2.0/backbone

Additional Details

• Last updated: Tue, 02 Aug 2016 15:42:54 GMT
• File structure: UMD
• Library Dependencies: jquery
• Module Dependencies: underscore
• Global values: Backbone

Credits

These definitions were written by Boris Yankov https://github.com/borisyankov/, Natan Vivo https://github.com/nvivo/.