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# todos.js

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An example Backbone application contributed by Jérôme Gravel-Niquet. This demo uses a simple LocalStorage adapter to persist Backbone models within your browser.

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Load the application once the DOM is ready, using `jQuery.ready`:

    $(function(){

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## Todo Model

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Our basic Todo model has `content`, `order`, and `done` attributes.

      window.Todo = Backbone.Model.extend({

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Default attributes for the todo.

        defaults: {
          content: "empty todo...",
          done: false
        },

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Ensure that each todo created has `content`.

        initialize: function() {
          if (!this.get("content")) {
            this.set({"content": this.defaults.content});
          }
        },

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Toggle the `done` state of this todo item.

        toggle: function() {
          this.save({done: !this.get("done")});
        }

      });

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## Todo Collection

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The collection of todos is backed by localStorage instead of a remote server.

      window.TodoList = Backbone.Collection.extend({

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Reference to this collection's model.

        model: Todo,

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Save all of the todo items under the `"todos"` namespace.

        localStorage: new Store("todos"),

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Filter down the list of all todo items that are finished.

        done: function() {
          return this.filter(function(todo){ return todo.get('done'); });
        },

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Filter down the list to only todo items that are still not finished.

        remaining: function() {
          return this.without.apply(this, this.done());
        },

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We keep the Todos in sequential order, despite being saved by unordered GUID in the database. This generates the next order number for new items.

        nextOrder: function() {
          if (!this.length) return 1;
          return this.last().get('order') + 1;
        },

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Todos are sorted by their original insertion order.

        comparator: function(todo) {
          return todo.get('order');
        }

      });

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Create our global collection of Todos.

      window.Todos = new TodoList;

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## Todo Item View

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The DOM element for a todo item...

      window.TodoView = Backbone.View.extend({

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... is a list tag.

        tagName:  "li",

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Cache the template function for a single item.

        template: _.template($('#item-template').html()),

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The DOM events specific to an item.

        events: {
          "click .check"              : "toggleDone",
          "dblclick div.todo-content" : "edit",
          "click span.todo-destroy"   : "clear",
          "keypress .todo-input"      : "updateOnEnter"
        },

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The TodoView listens for changes to its model, re-rendering. Since there's a one-to-one correspondence between a Todo and a TodoView in this app, we set a direct reference on the model for convenience.

        initialize: function() {
          this.model.bind('change', this.render, this);
          this.model.bind('destroy', this.remove, this);
        },

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Re-render the contents of the todo item.

        render: function() {
          $(this.el).html(this.template(this.model.toJSON()));
          this.setContent();
          return this;
        },

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To avoid XSS (not that it would be harmful in this particular app), we use `jQuery.text` to set the contents of the todo item.

        setContent: function() {
          var content = this.model.get('content');
          this.$('.todo-content').text(content);
          this.input = this.$('.todo-input');
          this.input.bind('blur', _.bind(this.close, this));
          this.input.val(content);
        },

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Toggle the `"done"` state of the model.

        toggleDone: function() {
          this.model.toggle();
        },

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Switch this view into `"editing"` mode, displaying the input field.

        edit: function() {
          $(this.el).addClass("editing");
          this.input.focus();
        },

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Close the `"editing"` mode, saving changes to the todo.

        close: function() {
          this.model.save({content: this.input.val()});
          $(this.el).removeClass("editing");
        },

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If you hit `enter`, we're through editing the item.

        updateOnEnter: function(e) {
          if (e.keyCode == 13) this.close();
        },

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Remove this view from the DOM.

        remove: function() {
          $(this.el).remove();
        },

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Remove the item, destroy the model.

        clear: function() {
          this.model.destroy();
        }

      });

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## The Application

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Our overall AppView is the top-level piece of UI.

      window.AppView = Backbone.View.extend({

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Instead of generating a new element, bind to the existing skeleton of the App already present in the HTML.

        el: $("#todoapp"),

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Our template for the line of statistics at the bottom of the app.

        statsTemplate: _.template($('#stats-template').html()),

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Delegated events for creating new items, and clearing completed ones.

        events: {
          "keypress #new-todo":  "createOnEnter",
          "keyup #new-todo":     "showTooltip",
          "click .todo-clear a": "clearCompleted"
        },

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At initialization we bind to the relevant events on the `Todos` collection, when items are added or changed. Kick things off by loading any preexisting todos that might be saved in localStorage.

        initialize: function() {
          this.input    = this.$("#new-todo");

          Todos.bind('add',   this.addOne, this);
          Todos.bind('reset', this.addAll, this);
          Todos.bind('all',   this.render, this);

          Todos.fetch();
        },

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Re-rendering the App just means refreshing the statistics -- the rest of the app doesn't change.

        render: function() {
          this.$('#todo-stats').html(this.statsTemplate({
            total:      Todos.length,
            done:       Todos.done().length,
            remaining:  Todos.remaining().length
          }));
        },

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Add a single todo item to the list by creating a view for it, and appending its element to the `<ul>`.

        addOne: function(todo) {
          var view = new TodoView({model: todo});
          this.$("#todo-list").append(view.render().el);
        },

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Add all items in the Todos collection at once.

        addAll: function() {
          Todos.each(this.addOne);
        },

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Generate the attributes for a new Todo item.

        newAttributes: function() {
          return {
            content: this.input.val(),
            order:   Todos.nextOrder(),
            done:    false
          };
        },

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If you hit return in the main input field, create new Todo model, persisting it to localStorage.

        createOnEnter: function(e) {
          if (e.keyCode != 13) return;
          Todos.create(this.newAttributes());
          this.input.val('');
        },

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Clear all done todo items, destroying their models.

        clearCompleted: function() {
          _.each(Todos.done(), function(todo){ todo.destroy(); });
          return false;
        },

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Lazily show the tooltip that tells you to press `enter` to save a new todo item, after one second.

        showTooltip: function(e) {
          var tooltip = this.$(".ui-tooltip-top");
          var val = this.input.val();
          tooltip.fadeOut();
          if (this.tooltipTimeout) clearTimeout(this.tooltipTimeout);
          if (val == '' || val == this.input.attr('placeholder')) return;
          var show = function(){ tooltip.show().fadeIn(); };
          this.tooltipTimeout = _.delay(show, 1000);
        }

      });

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Finally, we kick things off by creating the App.

      window.App = new AppView;

    });