Usually REST backends handle single instance creation/update. You would need to change that to accept an array of objects. That said, on the client side, you would need to go directly to the Backbone.sync function Backbone.sync = function(method, model, options) In this case your model should be an array of model. The method should be … Read more
I like returning a new instance of the collection. This makes these filtering methods chainable (boxes.byColor(“red”).bySize(“L”), for example). var Boxes = Backbone.Collection.extend({ model: Box, byColor: function (color) { filtered = this.filter(function (box) { return box.get(“color”) === color; }); return new Boxes(filtered); } }); var red_boxes = boxes.byColor(“red”)
@Paul’s answer is good, but it’s also worth noting that the url attribute can be a function. In my opinion (and it’s just opinion, since the end result is the same), the code is a little more legible, if more verbose, if you set the id in initialize and the reference it in a function: … Read more
I’ve done this by using jQuery UI Sortable to trigger an event on the item view when an item is dropped. I can then trigger another event on the item view that includes the model as data which the collection view is bound to. The collection view can then be responsible for updating the sort … Read more
For simple attribute based searches you can use Collection#where: where collection.where(attributes) Return an array of all the models in a collection that match the passed attributes. Useful for simple cases of filter. So if friends is your Friends instance, then: var lees = friends.where({ name: ‘Lee’ }); There’s also Collection#findWhere (a later addition as noted … Read more