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Backbone.Collection

The Backbone.Collection class is used to store an ordered set of models; you can bind to collection events and fetch data from the server with RESTful routes and also include a full suite of Underscore.js methods.

Note

For more information on Backbone.Collection, visit http://goo.gl/lJvDE1.

Creating collections

To create a new collection, use the backbone:collection subgenerator as follows:

$ yo backbone:collection posts

In the preceding command:

The backbone:collection subgenerator is invoked with the name of the collection set to posts
The subgenerator then creates a new file located in the app/scripts/collections directory

As collections are ordered sets of models, the collection should have the model property set to a model that the collection is of; this collection is going to contain a set of post models.

Open the app/scripts/collections/posts.coffee file and add the following content:

define ['underscore', 'backbone', 'models/post'], (_, Backbone, PostModel) ->
   ...

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