when backbone app becomes too big, break it to nodes, as if each node was a small backbone app.
Backbonejs is simple, why not keep it simple even app grows big.
bower install --save backbone.node# declare Node1
class Node1 extends Backbone.Node
initialize: ->
# do everything we usually do when create a backbone app here
@testModel = new Backbone.Model
@listenTo @testModel, 'change', @speakLoudly
speakLoudly: ->
# you can pub out a event so other node will get it
@pub 'test:model:changed', @testModel
# declare Node2
class Node2 extends Backbone.Node
initialize: ->
# do everything we usually do when create a backbone app here
@testCollection = new Backbone.Collection
@on 'test:model:changed', @doSomething
doSomething: (testModel) ->
console.log 'yes, I got you!'
# declare Application
class Application extends Backbone.Node
initialize: ->
# right, use 'set' to connect a node, you can make a tree.
# maybe node1 is accounted for #header
@set 'node1', new Node1
# maybe node2 is accounted for #main
@set 'node2', new Node2
# maybe some other nodes do storage or something else, no limit.
Whenever you got a idea or problem, Glad to Know from you.
MIT
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