PHphilfreo·Oct 15, 2013
If you want something lightweight I'd go with the approach @jashkenas mentioned. But also might want to checkout:
https://github.com/PaulUithol/Backbone-relational
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PaulUithol / Backbone-relational
Backbone-relational
Get and set relations (one-to-one, one-to-many, many-to-one) for Backbone models
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Get and set relations (one-to-one, one-to-many, many-to-one) for Backbone models
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| Aug 2011 | 2011-08-01 00:00:00 UTC | 2011-09-01 00:00:00 UTC | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| Sep 2011 | 2011-09-01 00:00:00 UTC | 2011-10-01 00:00:00 UTC | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Oct 2011 | 2011-10-01 00:00:00 UTC | 2011-11-01 00:00:00 UTC | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Nov 2011 | 2011-11-01 00:00:00 UTC | 2011-12-01 00:00:00 UTC | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Dec 2011 | 2011-12-01 00:00:00 UTC | 2012-01-01 00:00:00 UTC | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Jan 2012 | 2012-01-01 00:00:00 UTC | 2012-02-01 00:00:00 UTC | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Feb 2012 | 2012-02-01 00:00:00 UTC | 2012-03-01 00:00:00 UTC | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Mar 2012 | 2012-03-01 00:00:00 UTC | 2012-04-01 00:00:00 UTC | 2 | 1 | 1 |
| Apr 2012 | 2012-04-01 00:00:00 UTC | 2012-05-01 00:00:00 UTC | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| May 2012 | 2012-05-01 00:00:00 UTC | 2012-06-01 00:00:00 UTC | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Jun 2012 | 2012-06-01 00:00:00 UTC | 2012-07-01 00:00:00 UTC | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Jul 2012 | 2012-07-01 00:00:00 UTC | 2012-08-01 00:00:00 UTC | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Aug 2012 | 2012-08-01 00:00:00 UTC | 2012-09-01 00:00:00 UTC | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Sep 2012 | 2012-09-01 00:00:00 UTC | 2012-10-01 00:00:00 UTC | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Oct 2012 | 2012-10-01 00:00:00 UTC | 2012-11-01 00:00:00 UTC | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Nov 2012 | 2012-11-01 00:00:00 UTC | 2012-12-01 00:00:00 UTC | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Dec 2012 | 2012-12-01 00:00:00 UTC | 2013-01-01 00:00:00 UTC | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| Jan 2013 | 2013-01-01 00:00:00 UTC | 2013-02-01 00:00:00 UTC | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Feb 2013 | 2013-02-01 00:00:00 UTC | 2013-03-01 00:00:00 UTC | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Mar 2013 | 2013-03-01 00:00:00 UTC | 2013-04-01 00:00:00 UTC | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Apr 2013 | 2013-04-01 00:00:00 UTC | 2013-05-01 00:00:00 UTC | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| May 2013 | 2013-05-01 00:00:00 UTC | 2013-06-01 00:00:00 UTC | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Jun 2013 | 2013-06-01 00:00:00 UTC | 2013-07-01 00:00:00 UTC | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Jul 2013 | 2013-07-01 00:00:00 UTC | 2013-08-01 00:00:00 UTC | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Aug 2013 | 2013-08-01 00:00:00 UTC | 2013-09-01 00:00:00 UTC | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Sep 2013 | 2013-09-01 00:00:00 UTC | 2013-10-01 00:00:00 UTC | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Oct 2013 | 2013-10-01 00:00:00 UTC | 2013-11-01 00:00:00 UTC | 1 | 0 | 1 |
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7 sourcesBackbone-relational model solves this problem with a few additional features (and last version it's compatible with Backbone 0.9.9): https://github.com/PaulUithol/Backbone-relational
In An Identity Map for Backbone.jsYeah sorry about that. I removed Vertebrae and Sentry because they were over-engineered and weren't that useful. Vertebrae did some things to help with relations and identity maps in Backbone but there are already better solutions out there now.
e.g.
https://github.com/PaulUithol/Backbone-relational
https://supportbee.com/devblog/2011/11/25/identity-map-for-
backbone-js-models/
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=3276990 (Discussion on jashkenas pattern for a solution to identity maps)
https://gist.github.com/3057320
In Art.sy Open SourceConsistent browser support for storage (besides localStorage) is still quite frustrating. It's improving though and we're on it.
You can model relational data in Backbone quite effectively, or use another library (or your own). For example: https://github.com/PaulUithol/Backbone-relational/
In Show HN: Simperium, a realtime data layerBackbone-relational: Get and set model relations (1-to-1, 1-to-many, many-to-1)
2 points · Open discussionThanks! RE: Nested collections, we ended up playing around with Backbone relational as an extension to backbone ( https://github.com/PaulUithol/Backbone-relational) to deal with nested and multi relational collections. In short, whenever faced with a more complex relation, we took the easiest path possible which was normally a matter of creating another collection relating two entities. As far as client side persistence, we did not address that. Its on our backlog, but for right now we are just relying on our API to serve up the right subset of data with every call.
In Single Page Web Apps with Backbone.jsBackbone-relational provides 1-1, 1-Many, Many-1 relations for Backbone.js
2 points · Open discussion