I am learning Backbone/Handlebars/Require. I have looked all over online and on SO - are there any tutorials or websites that you can direct me to that would provide helpful information for using using handlebars instead of underscore?
Using handlebars.js
instead of underscore
templating is pretty straightforward. Check out this example:
https://cdnjs.com/libraries/backbone.js/tutorials/what-is-a-view (scroll to the "Loading a Template" section)
SearchView = Backbone.View.extend({
initialize: function(){
this.render();
},
render: function(){
// Compile the template using underscore
var template = _.template( $("#search_template").html(), {} );
// Load the compiled HTML into the Backbone "el"
this.el.html( template );
}
});
Basically, the convention in backbone is to build your html in a render function. The use of templating engine is left completely up to you (which I like about Backbone). So you'd just change it to:
SearchView = Backbone.View.extend({
initialize: function(){
this.render();
},
render: function(){
// Compile the template using Handlebars
var template = Handlebars.compile( $("#search_template").html() );
// Load the compiled HTML into the Backbone "el"
this.el.html( template );
}
});
Since you're using require.js
, you can make Handlebars
a dependency at the top of your module. I'm pretty new to this, but it sounds like the learning to focus on would be Backbone.js
patterns and require.js
usage.