Beyond the DOM: Sane Structure for JS Apps
summary
Argues that apps must stop being DOM-centric and shows a small search app built with Backbone, RequireJS and tests in Mocha. Architecture: search view only announces events, a controller routes them to collections, collections fetch server data and views update on collection events. Demo on GitHub and running on NoJitsu. Claims this structure yields tiny, five-line tests, easier timestamp deduplication for recent searches, and far cleaner, more testable code.
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chapters (8)
- 0:00Introduction
- 2:19The role of jQuery
- 4:45Limits of jQuery
- 7:31Client-side MVC
- 11:53Modularizing with RequireJS
- 14:41Application architecture
- 17:30Implementing with Backbone
- 25:43Testing and conclusion
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