CactusJs

CactusJS is a lightweight javascript framework that provides communication with a Server using server APIs over a RESTful JSON interface.

It is similar in structure to Backbone.Js and users of that framework should have no problem using CactusJs.

Dependencies

jquery, underscore.js

Steps

Put CactusJs and its dependencies in the scripts folder.

Structure

CactusJs follows a MVC structure and has the following components:

Model
Collection
View
Router
Event

Examples

Creating a Model

Cactus2.Models.Review=Cactus.Model.extend({
	defaults:{
		comment: null,
		id: null,
		movie_id: null,
		score: null,
		updated_at: null,
		user: {
			id: null,
			username: null
		}
	}
})

Creating events

   events: {
                "click .main"           : "backToIndex",
                "click #update_movie"   : "updateMovie",
                "click #delete_movie"   : "deleteMovie",
                "click #submit_review"  : "submitReview",
                "click #delete_review"  : "deleteReview"
        },

Creating a View

Cactus2.Views.SingleMovie = Cactus.View.extend({
        template: JST['movies/singlemovie'],

        initialize: function(options) {
                this.model = options.model;

                this.model.on('change', this.render, this);
                this.model.fetch();
                this.mid = options.mid;
                this.router = options.router

                this.reviews = new Cactus2.Collections.Reviews([],{id:this.mid});
                this.reviews.on('reset change', this.render, this);
                this.reviews.fetch({reset:true});
        },

Creating a Router

Cactus2.Routers.Index=Cactus.Router.extend({
        routes: {
                ''                      : 'index',
                'movies'                : 'index',
                'new'                   : 'newMovie',
                ':page'                 : 'index',
                'movies/:id'            : 'displaySingleMovie',
                'movies/:id/edit'       : 'editSingleMovie'
        },

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