Basic RequireJS Help - How do I call / define a function? Using onclick and jquery as well
Help!
I'm super confused guys... I have no idea what I'm doing
I've been looking at RequireJS and AMD tutorials & examples all day yesterday and today and got to this point, however I think I still have a fundamental misunderstanding as to what a module is.
- I have a bunch of functions that get called "onClick" from my HTML elements...
- How do I define my functions with RequireJS so that I can call them? So confused :/ Also I don't understand
- how to get my onLoad function to get called (in my case its $(function(), but how to I kick this off in RequireJS?)
I am using Node v0.10.12
<html>
...
<head>
<script data-main="" src="libraries/require.js"></script>
...
<script>
...
//I really need all these javascript files for every function defined on this page...
require(['simulatorConfiguration.js',
'modelConfiguration.js',
'libraries/jquery-1.10.2.min.js',
'libraries/jquery.lightbox_me.js',
'libraries/jquery-migrate-1.2.1.js',
'libraries/raphael-min.js'], function(start) {
$(function() {
loadPage(); //<--- CALL LOAD PAGE, but it can't find the function
//do some jquery stuff
});
});
//function that get's called on body onload!
define('loadPage', function loadPage()
{
hideAllDivs();
//more jquery stuff...
createModelMenu();
//more jquery stuff...
});
define('hideAllDivs', function hideAllDivs()
{
//some UI stuff...
});
define('createModelMenu', function createModelMenu()
{
//some jquery stuff...
});
define('createTestMenu', function createTestMenu(model_key)
{
var javascriptLoc = "models/" + models[model_key].modelDir + "/testConfiguration.js";
require([javascriptLoc], function(util) {
showModelInformation(model_key);
//some Jquery stuff...
});
});
define('showModelInformation', function showModelInformation(model_key)
{
hideAllDivs();
//some jquery stuff
});
define('showTest', function showTest(test_key)
{
hideAllDivs();
//some RaphaelJS stuff...
});
define('takeControl', function takeControl()
{
//some UI stuff
});
define('giveUpControl', function giveUpControl()
{
//some UI stuff...
});
</script>
</head>
<body>
...
<li><a href="#" id="AoD" onclick="showTests(this.id)">Audio On Demand</a></li>
...
<input type="submit" value="Yes, Release Control" onclick="giveUpControl()">
....
<input type="submit" value="Take Control" onclick="takeControl()">
....
</body>
Do I need to do something like:
//function that get's called on body onload!
define('loadPage', function loadPage()
{
return function(loadPage)
{
hideAllDivs();
//more jquery stuff...
createModelMenu();
//more jquery stuff...
}
});
//and call it with loadPage.loadPage(); ?
or maybe something like:
//function that get's called on body onload!
define('loadPage', function loadPage()
{
return function()
{
hideAllDivs();
//more jquery stuff...
createModelMenu();
//more jquery stuff...
}
});
or
function(loadPage)?
I did look at these similar questions:
- Calling methods in RequireJs modules from HTML elements such as onclick handlers
- How do I use jquery ui with requirejs
- How can I include jQueryUI in my modular backbone.js app using RequireJS?
These were helpful too, but still not there yet:
- http://hippieitgeek.blogspot.se/2013/07/load-jquery-ui-with-requirejs.html
- http://www.requirejs.org/jqueryui-amd/example/webapp/app.html
- https://github.com/jrburke/jqueryui-amd
I tried separating the functions into another file, so I have "index.html" and "Logic.js"... here is the gist:
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SOLUTION
Answer
The minimum code you need to (a) create and (b) load a module looks something like this:
// (a) Create two modules, 'hideAllDivs' and 'loadPage'.
define ('hideAllDivs', [], function () {
return function() {
};
});
define('loadPage', ['hideAllDivs'], function(hideAllDivs)
{
return function()
{
hideAllDivs();
//more jquery stuff...
createModelMenu();
//more jquery stuff...
};
});
// (b) Load the loadPage module and call it.
require(['jquery-blah-blah', 'loadPage', 'anotherModule'], function($, loadPage, anotherModule) {
$(function() {
loadPage();
});
});
Highly recommended reading: http://requirejs.org/docs/api.html#define