Quick Tip: A Backbone Base Module

BackboneJS, Javascript, Quick Tip

Backbone.js is a great MV* framework but sometimes you just want a basic module to extend that doesn’t have all the properties of a router, model, collection or a view. Below is an example of how to create a base module that just has Backbone events and a extend function.

var BaseModule = (function( _, Backbone ) {

  var Base = function( options ) {
      this.initialize.apply( this, arguments );
  };

  _.extend( Base.prototype, Backbone.Events, {
      initialize: function(){}
  });

  Base.extend = Backbone.Model.extend;

  return Base;

}( _, Backbone ));

Of course you can add anything else you feel a base module needs and namespace it as you wish.

26th April, 2012