Getting Started with Backbone Marionette

Build largescale JavaScript applications with Backbone Marionette quickly and efficiently About This Book Create scalable and highly interactive web applications using one of the best frameworks for Backbone.js Learn about controllers, views, modules, events, commands, and regions Make the most out of Backbone Marionette by understanding its philosophy and applying it to real-life development tasks Who This Book Is For If you are a web application developer interested in using Backbone Marionette for a real-life project, then this book is for you. As a prerequisite, knowledge of JavaScript and a working knowledge of Backbone.js is required. What You Will Learn Install and understand the core concepts of Backbone Marionette Orchestrate views with a controller object Divide your application into logical independent regions Manage an object's life cycle to avoid memory leaks Reduce boilerplate and glue code normally needed in Backbone Development by decoupling your JavaScript applications into modules. Provide structure, organization, and pattern to your Backbone code In Detail Backbone Marionette is a composite application library for Backbone.js that aims to simplify the construction of large-scale JavaScript applications. It is a collection of common design and implementation patterns found in the applications that we build with Backbone, and it includes pieces inspired by composite application architectures, event-driven architectures, and messaging architectures. This guide will help you learn some key concepts that will allow you to build large-scale applications with ease. You will learn how to add new features quickly and easily using a solid and composite Backbone Marionette framework. This book is a practical guide to developing scalable applications using an incremental and modular approach with Marionette.js. This book begins by showing you the key benefits of Marionette.js and how to set up a development environment so you can begin writing code using this framework. It then walks you through the main components of the library such as the router, controller, and application. After that, it introduces you to topics like view types and the view life cycle before moving on to more advanced topics such as modularization, enterprise messaging patterns, incremental use, and memory management. Getting Started with Backbone Marionette contains a lot of infrastructural examples that will help you to build an application of virtually any module size. It provides you with a collection of common design and implementation patterns to break your applications into small pieces. It then wraps-up by implementing extended capabilities like asynchronous module definitions and handlebars.

In Detail

Backbone Marionette is a composite application library for Backbone.js that aims to simplify the construction of large-scale JavaScript applications. It is a collection of common design and implementation patterns found in the applications that we build with Backbone, and it includes pieces inspired by composite application architectures, event-driven architectures, and messaging architectures.

This guide will help you learn some key concepts that will allow you to build large-scale applications with ease. You will learn how to add new features quickly and easily using a solid and composite Backbone Marionette framework. This book is a practical guide to developing scalable applications using an incremental and modular approach with Marionette.js.

This book begins by showing you the key benefits of Marionette.js and how to set up a development environment so you can begin writing code using this framework. It then walks you through the main components of the library such as the router, controller, and application. After that, it introduces you to topics like view types and the view life cycle before moving on to more advanced topics such as modularization, enterprise messaging patterns, incremental use, and memory management.

Getting Started with Backbone Marionette contains a lot of infrastructural examples that will help you to build an application of virtually any module size. It provides you with a collection of common design and implementation patterns to break your applications into small pieces. It then wraps-up by implementing extended capabilities like asynchronous module definitions and handlebars.

Approach

This book is written with an easy-to-understand approach with the intention of giving small but concrete examples that will help you to quickly understand each component of Marionette. Follow along as we work together to build a practical application using Backbone Marionette.

Who this book is for

If you are a web application developer interested in using Backbone Marionette for a real-life project, then this book is for you. As a prerequisite, knowledge of JavaScript and a working knowledge of Backbone.js is required.

In Detail Backbone Marionette is a composite application library for Backbone.js that aims to simplify the construction of large-scale JavaScript applications. It is a collection of common design and implementation patterns found in the applications that we build with Backbone, and it includes pieces inspired by composite application architectures, event-driven architectures, and messaging architectures. This guide will help you learn some key concepts that will allow you to build large-scale applications with ease. You will learn how to add new features quickly and easily using a solid and composite Backbone Marionette framework. This book is a practical guide to developing scalable applications using an incremental and modular approach with Marionette.js. This book begins by showing you the key benefits of Marionette.js and how to set up a development environment so you can begin writing code using this framework. It then walks you through the main components of the library such as the router, controller, and application. After that, it introduces you to topics like view types and the view life cycle before moving on to more advanced topics such as modularization, enterprise messaging patterns, incremental use, and memory management. Getting Started with Backbone Marionette contains a lot of infrastructural examples that will help you to build an application of virtually any module size. It provides you with a collection of common design and implementation patterns to break your applications into small pieces. It then wraps-up by implementing extended capabilities like asynchronous module definitions and handlebars.Approach This book is written with an easy-to-understand approach with the intention of giving small but concrete examples that will help you to quickly understand each component of Marionette. Follow along as we work together to build a practical application using Backbone Marionette.Who this book is for If you are a web application developer interested in using Backbone Marionette for a real-life project, then this book is for you. As a prerequisite, knowledge of JavaScript and a working knowledge of Backbone.js is required Content: Cover Copyright Credits About the Authors About the Reviewers www.PacktPub.com Table of Contents Preface Chapter 1: Starting with Backbone Marionette Introducing Marionette.js Backbone needs Marionette.js Key benefits of Marionette.js Building large applications Incremental use Installing Marionette.js Text editor Web browser Prerequisites Getting Marionette.js Documentation Summary Chapter 2: Our First Application Introduction to what we are building Setting up our development environment The Backbone. Marionette. Application object Backbone already has a router! Chapter 5: Divide and Conquer -- Modularizing EverythingApplying the divide and conquer principle Modularizing single-page applications Getting started with modules Splitting modules into multiple files Implementing initializers and finalizers Working with subapplications Using the route filter Memory considerations Summary Chapter 6: Messaging Understanding the event aggregator Using the event aggregator of Marionette.js Making applications more extensive with an event aggregator Getting started with Commands Setting up the RequestResponse object Summary. Chapter 7: Changing and GrowingUsing AMD Using the Require.js library Configuring Require.js Defining our application module Writing the subapplications using Require.js Modularizing all your components Adding the text plugin Structuring your files Using handlebars as a template engine in Marionette Summary Index.