software-mariodiana
1/28/2015 - 3:55 PM

Hello World example for Backbone.js.

Hello World example for Backbone.js.

<!DOCTYPE html>
<html lang="en">
<head>
    <meta charset="utf-8">
    <meta http-equiv="X-UA-Compatible" content="IE=edge" />
    <title>Backbone tutorial</title>

    <!--[if lt IE 9]>
    <script src="http://html5shiv.googlecode.com/svn/trunk/html5.js"></script>
    <![endif]-->

    <!-- For convenience, grab all dependencies from a CDN. -->
    <script type="text/javascript" 
            src="//cdnjs.cloudflare.com/ajax/libs/jquery/1.11.2/jquery.min.js"></script>
    <script type="text/javascript" 
            src="//cdnjs.cloudflare.com/ajax/libs/underscore.js/1.7.0/underscore-min.js"></script>
    <script type="text/javascript" 
            src="//cdnjs.cloudflare.com/ajax/libs/backbone.js/1.1.2/backbone-min.js"></script>
</head>
<body>
<div id="content"></div>

<!-- End static HTML content. -->
<script type="text/javascript">
$(document).ready(function() {

    var Greeting = Backbone.Model.extend({
        defaults: function() {
            return {
                message: 'Hello, World!'
            };
        }
    });

    var GreetingView = Backbone.View.extend({
        render: function() {
            this.$el.html("<p>" + this.model.get('message') + "</p>");
            // Returning the object is a (fluent) convenience.
            return this;
        }
    });

    var greeting = new Greeting({ message: 'Hello, Backbone JS!' });
    var greetingView = new GreetingView({ model: greeting });
    greetingView.render();

    $('#content').html(greetingView.el);
});
</script>
</body>
</html>