For Backbone questions specific to Backbone's collections.
Backbone collections are order sets of models. Collections forward events on their models to the collection's listeners for convenience.
Questions tagged [backbone.js-collections]
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How to find a model from a collection according to some attribute other than the ID?
I have a model with several object:
//Model
Friend = Backbone.Model.extend({
//Create a model to hold friend attribute
name: null,
});
//objects
var f1 = new Friend({ name: "Lee" });
var f2 = new Friend({ name: "David"});
var f3 = new…
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Saving jQuery UI Sortable's order to Backbone.js Collection
I have a Backbone.js collection that I would like to be able to sort using jQuery UI's Sortable. Nothing fancy, I just have a list that I would like to be able to sort.
The problem is that I'm not sure how to get the current order of items after…
VirtuosiMedia
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Backbone.js collection options
I have written a model/view/collection using Backbone.js. My collection uses the fetch method to load the models from a remote server. The url required for this collection needs an id like: messages/{id}. But I have found no clean way to pass…
Jens
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Filter backbone collection by attribute value
I have a defined model and a collection:
var Box = Backbone.Model.extend({
defaults: {
x: 0,
y: 0,
w: 1,
h: 1,
color: "black"
}
});
var Boxes = Backbone.Collection.extend({
model: Box
});
When…
rpabon
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Best practice for saving an entire collection?
Say that I have a Collection and I've made changes to many of its Models. What's the best way to save all of the changes using a single HTTP request?
a paid nerd
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Fetch a collection using a POST request?
I have managed to work with REST API's to fetch() data where the urls contain minimal parameters (and use GET).
How would one retrieve a collection through a POST request?
mike
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set attribute of all models in backbone collection
I understand that using pluck method we can get an array of attributes of each model inside a backbone collection
var idsInCollection = collection.pluck('id'); // outputs ["id1","id2"...]
I want to if there is a method that sets up an attribute to…
sublime
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backbone.js collection view example using marionette template
Can you please suggest me some example for showing list view through marionette template system. Basically, I have a marionette template and based on the template i am creating a table list.
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How to pluck a Backbone collection's attribute
I want to create an array of specific attribute values from a Backbone collection.
var days = _.select(
this.collection.models,
function(model) {
return model.attributes.type === 'session';
}
);
days = _.pluck(days,…
Philip Schweiger
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How to place a collection within a model in Backbone.js?
I would like some insight on how one would add structure a collection within a model. My simple app has teams (so a team model and collection of teams) and each team has a bunch of players(player model and player collections). So a visual structure…
Charles
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Backbone.js - How to get an array of object literals out of a collection?
I'm trying to keep an array of object literals in sync with server data. These objects are being placed on a Google map via backbone.googlemaps extension.
I have a collection:
var LocationList = Backbone.Collection.extend({ model: Location, url:…
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Find model in Backbone.js collection by cid rather than id
Can I use Collection.get(id) to find a model within a Backbone.js collection by cid, for a model not yet saved to the server?
From the documentation, it seems like .get should find a model by either its id or cid. However, collection.get(cid)…
prototype
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Backbone Collection with multiple models?
I'm learning Backbone.
I want to create a list that can contain different models, with different attributes.
For example, listing folder contents, which could include models of type file and models of type folder, in any order.
file : {
title :…
user1031947
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For Loop over Backbone Collection
Fairly new to backbone, so this is a really basic question. I have a Backbone collection passed into a function and I can prove that it has been passed and that the models in the collection have ids.
Here's how I'm setting the ids -…
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Backbone nested collection
I have an app in backbone that retrieve data from a server. This data are hotels and foreach hotel I have more rooms. I have divided hotel into a json and rooms inside another json like this:
hotel.json
[
{
"id": "1",
"name": "Hotel1"
…
Alessandro Minoccheri
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