Index

A

• AMD style
  • about / Dependency management with RequireJS
• attributes
  • about / Attributes, options, and properties
  • versus properties / Attributes, options, and properties

B

• Backbone
  • about / What is Backbone?
  • major tools / What is Backbone?
  • reasons, for selecting / Why choose Backbone?
  • benefits / Full User Interface Asset Control, Simpler Data Management and Event Triggers, Enhanced performance
  • competitors / Backbone and Its Competitors
  • routers enable single-page applications / Backbone routers enable single-page applications
  • resources / Further reading
  • URL, for source code / Further reading
  • URL, for wiki / Further reading
  • URL, for tutorials / Further reading
• Backbone.history object / Backbone.history
• Backbone.js
  • reference link, for advantages / Further reading
• Backbone classes
  • extending / Extending Backbone classes
• Backbone ecosystem
  • about / The Backbone ecosystem
• Backbone Google Group
  • URL / Further reading
• Backbone Paginator
  • about / Paginating with Backbone Paginator
  • URL / Paginating with Backbone Paginator
  • modes / Paginating with Backbone Paginator
• Backbone sub-feed, on Reddit
  • URL / Further reading
• BackGrid
  • URL / Rendering tables with Backgrid.js
• Backgrid.js
  • tables, rendering with / Rendering tables with Backgrid.js
• BackSupport
  • about / Making life easier with BackSupport
  • URL / Making life easier with BackSupport
• BackSupport, features
  • extend2 / Making life easier with BackSupport
  • boundMethods / Making life easier with BackSupport
  • propertyOptions / Making life easier with BackSupport
  • requiredOptions / Making life easier with BackSupport
  • render / Making life easier with BackSupport
• bandwidth-related performance issues
  • about / Bandwidth-related performance issues
  • excessively large files, downloading / Downloading excessively large files
  • excessive number of files, downloading / Downloading excessive number of files
• BDD
  • versus TDD / TDD versus BDD: What's the difference?
• beforeEach function / Describe, beforeEach, and it
• Bower
  • external dependency management / External dependency management with Bower
  • URL / External dependency management with Bower

C

• class constructor
  • overriding / Overriding a class constructor
• class mixins
  • about / Class mixins
• class system, JavaScript
  • about / JavaScript's class system
• CoffeeScript
  • URL / New syntax with CoffeeScript
  • features / New syntax with CoffeeScript
  • key differences / New syntax with CoffeeScript
• Collection
  • events / Available events
• Collection.model
  • as factory method / Collection.model as a factory method
• Collections
  • working with / Working with Collections
  • and Models / Collections and Models
  • resetting / Adding to and resetting Collections
  • Views, connecting to / Connecting Views to Models and Collections
• Common JS
  • about / Dependency management with RequireJS
• CPU-related performance issues
  • about / CPU-related performance issues
• custom events
  • about / Custom events

D

• defaults method, Underscore / Extend and defaults
• dependency management, RequireJS / Dependency management with RequireJS
• describe function / Describe, beforeEach, and it
• Docco
  • about / Docco
  • URL / Docco
• documentation
  • about / Backbone and documentation
  • approaches / Documentation approaches
• Don't Repeat Yourself (DRY) principle / Class mixins
• Dzone
  • URL / Further reading

E

• each method, Underscore / Each, Map, and Reduce
• el element, Views
  • accessing / Accessing a View's el element
• Embedded JS
  • URL / Templating with Handlebars
• event delegation
  • about / Event delegation
• events
  • listening for / Listening for events
  • custom events / Custom events
  • about / Events
  • add / Events
  • remove / Events
  • reset / Events
  • sort / Events
  • sync / Events
  • error / Events
  • invalid / Events
  • handling / Handling events
  • routing / Routing events
• events, Collection
  • add / Available events
  • remove / Available events
  • reset / Available events
• events, Models
  • about / Available events
  • change / Available events
  • change*attribute / Available events
  • destroy / Available events
  • request / Available events
  • sync / Available events
  • error / Available events
  • invalid / Available events
• Expect.js, GitHub page
  • URL / Getting started with Mocha
• extend method, Underscore / Extend and defaults
• external dependency management, Bower / External dependency management with Bower
• extraction methods
  • about / Extraction methods

F

• functions, Mocha
  • describe / Describe, beforeEach, and it
  • beforeEach / Describe, beforeEach, and it
  • it / Describe, beforeEach, and it

G

• garbage collector
  • about / Memory-related performance issues
• getters
  • about / Getters and setters
• Grunt
  • tasks, automating with / Automating tasks with Grunt

H

• Handlebars
  • templating with / Templating with Handlebars
  • URL / Templating with Handlebars
• Hogan.js
  • URL / Templating with Handlebars

I

• indexing
  • about / Indexing
• invoke method, Underscore / Pluck and invoke
• it function / Describe, beforeEach, and it

J

• JavaScript
  • class system / JavaScript's class system
• JavaServer Pages (JSPs)
  • about / Full User Interface Asset Control
• JSDoc
  • about / JSDoc
  • URL / JSDoc

L

• libraries
  • widgets, wrapping of / Wrapping widgets of other libraries
• Lobsters
  • URL / Further reading

M

• major tools, Backbone
  • class system / What is Backbone?
  • Model class / What is Backbone?
  • Collection class / What is Backbone?
  • View class / What is Backbone?
  • Router class / What is Backbone?
• map method, Underscore / Each, Map, and Reduce
• memory-related performance issues
  • about / Memory-related performance issues
• methods
  • using / Methods in place of properties
• methods, Underscore
  • about / Underscore methods
  • each / Underscore methods
  • map / Underscore methods
  • reduce / Underscore methods
  • reduceRight / Underscore methods
  • find / Underscore methods
  • filter / Underscore methods
  • reject / Underscore methods
  • every / Underscore methods
  • some / Underscore methods
  • contains / Underscore methods
  • invoke / Underscore methods
  • max / Underscore methods
  • min / Underscore methods
  • sortBy / Underscore methods
  • groupBy / Underscore methods
  • shuffle / Underscore methods
  • toArray / Underscore methods
  • size / Underscore methods
  • first / Underscore methods
  • initial / Underscore methods
  • rest / Underscore methods
  • last / Underscore methods
  • without / Underscore methods
  • indexOf / Underscore methods
  • lastIndexOf / Underscore methods
  • isEmpty / Underscore methods
  • chain / Underscore methods
  • pluck / Underscore methods
  • where / Underscore methods
  • findWhere / Underscore methods
• Mocha
  • about / Getting started with Mocha
• Mocha, GitHub page
  • URL / Getting started with Mocha
• mocks
  • about / Introducing mocks
• Models
  • about / The purpose of Models
  • advantages / The purpose of Models
  • events / Available events
  • and Collections / Collections and Models
  • Views, connecting to / Connecting Views to Models and Collections
• modes, Backbone Paginator
  • client / Paginating with Backbone Paginator
  • server / Paginating with Backbone Paginator
  • infinite / Paginating with Backbone Paginator
• multiple Routers / Multiple routers
• Mustache
  • URL / Templating with Handlebars

N

• new keyword
  • about / The new keyword
• Nightwatch.js
  • URL / Selenium
• non-documentation
  • benefits, for other approaches / Benefits of non-documentation for other approaches
• non-documentation approach
  • about / The non-documentation approach

O

• object-oriented programming (OOP)
  • about / Simpler Data Management and Event Triggers
• options
  • about / Attributes, options, and properties
• options, Views
  • tagName / Instantiating Views
  • className / Instantiating Views
  • id / Instantiating Views
  • attributes / Instantiating Views
• ordering methods
  • about / Ordering methods

P

• pages
  • versus routes / Differences between routes and pages
• page views
  • about / Page views
• paginating, with Backbone Paginator / Paginating with Backbone Paginator
• parameters
  • about / Route styles
• parent methods
  • applying / Applying parent methods
• performance
  • about / Backbone and performance
• performance issues
  • causes / Causes of performance issues
• pluck method, Underscore / Pluck and invoke
• properties
  • about / Attributes, options, and properties
  • versus attributes / Attributes, options, and properties
• prototypal inheritance
  • about / Prototypal inheritance
• publish/subscribe
  • about / Publish/subscribe

Q

• Quora
  • URL / Further reading

R

• redirects / Redirects
• reduce method, Underscore / Each, Map, and Reduce
• render considerations
  • about / Other render considerations
  • child views / Child views
  • repeatable, versus one-time renders / Repeatable versus one-time renders
  • return value / Return value – this or this.$el
• rendering strategies
  • about / Rendering strategies
  • simple templating / Simple templating
  • advanced templating / Advanced templating
  • logic-based / Logic-based
  • combined approach / The combined approach
• RequireJS
  • dependency management / Dependency management with RequireJS
  • URL / Dependency management with RequireJS
• robust documentation approach
  • about / The robust documentation approach
• Router
  • working / How Routers work
  • creating / Creating a new Router
• routers enable single-page applications / Backbone routers enable single-page applications
• routes
  • versus pages / Differences between routes and pages
  • creating / Creating routes
• route styles
  • about / Route styles
• routing
  • conflicts / A note about routing conflicts

S

• 404s error / 404s and other errors
• Selenium
  • about / Selenium
  • references / Selenium
• server-side actions
  • about / Server-side actions, Server-side actions
  • URLs, storing on client / Storing URLs on the client
  • identifications / Identification
  • data, fetching from server / Fetching data from the server
  • data, saving to server / Saving data to the server
  • validations / Validation
• setters
  • about / Getters and setters
• simple documentation approach
  • about / The simple documentation approach
• single-page application (SPA)
  • about / Why choose Backbone?
  • benefits / Benefits of Backbone and single-page applications, Simpler Data Management and Event Triggers, Enhanced performance
• Sinon.js
  • URL / Introducing mocks
• sorting
  • about / Sorting
• splats
  • about / Route styles
• Stack Overflow
  • URL / Further reading
• Syapse
  • about / Backbone and Its Competitors, What's Syapse?, The 10,000-foot view
  • URL / What's Syapse?
  • View layer / The View layer
  • Data layer / The Data layer
  • Support layer / The Support layer
  • building / Building your own Syapse

T

• tables
  • rendering, with Backgrid.js / Rendering tables with Backgrid.js
• tasks
  • automating, with Grunt / Automating tasks with Grunt
• TDD
  • versus BDD / TDD versus BDD: What's the difference?
• templating, with Handlebars / Templating with Handlebars
• test
  • running / Running our test
• testing, in JavaScript
  • about / Testing in JavaScript?
• testing capabilities, modern web application
  • requisites / Which library to use
• testing methods
  • about / Testing methods
• trailing slashes / Trailing slashes

U

• Underscore
  • about / Introducing Underscore, Return of Underscore
  • URL / More Underscore, Further reading
  • each method / Each, Map, and Reduce
  • map method / Each, Map, and Reduce
  • reduce method / Each, Map, and Reduce
  • extend method / Extend and defaults
  • defaults method / Extend and defaults
  • pluck method / Pluck and invoke
  • invoke method / Pluck and invoke
  • methods / Underscore methods, Previously mentioned methods
• unit testing framework
  • selecting / Testing in JavaScript?

V

• $Variable names
  • about / A brief aside on $Variable names
• Views
  • about / Views are the core of Backbone-powered sites
  • instantiating / Instantiating Views
  • view content, rendering / Rendering view content
  • connecting, to Models / Connecting Views to Models and Collections
  • connecting, to Collections / Connecting Views to Models and Collections
  • el element, accessing / Accessing a View's el element
  • $Variable names / A brief aside on $Variable names

W

• web development
  • history / A Brief History of Web Development
• widgets
  • wrapping, of libraries / Wrapping widgets of other libraries
• World Wide Web (WWW) / What is Backbone?