Configuring Backbone.Model Properties With Less Code

Configuring Backbone.Model Properties With Less Code

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My previous post demonstrated the use of `Object.defineProperty` to programmatically add a list of properties to an ES6 class, such as a Backbone.Model subclass, reducing the amount of boilerplate code necessary. The example in that post added simple getters and setters, but it’s possible to go further for Backbone.Model properties.
By moving common property configuration and handling logic into a base model class, the many concrete model subclasses can be quite simple and compact. In a single line of code, you can create a new property, with getters, setters, defaults, deserialization support, and many other potential features.

ES6 Subclasses and Object.defineProperty

ES6 Subclasses and Object.defineProperty

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(Photo by William Warby) Object.defineProperty provides a handy way to add properties to JavaScript objects. It’s been around for a while, but with the introduction of class syntax in ES6, it’s not immediately obvious how to use it to add properties to a...
View-based Popups in Marionette

View-based Popups in Marionette

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Recently, I had need of a popup in a Marionette application. No problem, jQuery UI has you covered for dialogs, right? Except they’re ugly and a bit of a pain to make not ugly, and don’t really fit into the Backbone/Marionette idiom. We didn’t...

Representing Marionette.js Views with State

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You want to create a simple login page for your new website, all written to be dynamic using Backbone.js and Marionette.js. To accomplish this, you listen for the login button to be pressed and then use jQuery to disable the form controls and display a loading...