Im using backbone.js to get a collection from the REST server. Fetch triggers fine and fills the collection with the data. However, the "reset" trigger is never fired and so addAll() is never called. Calling addAll() manually works fine – but why isn't "reset" firing as it should when fetch() is called on the collection?
Here is the code:
Model
define(['backbone-tastypie'], function(Backbone) {
var Machine = Backbone.Model.extend({
url: function(){
return this.get('resource_uri') || this.collection.url;
}
});
return Machine;
});
Collection
define(['backbone-tastypie','models/machine'], function(Backbone, Machine) {
var Machines = Backbone.Collection.extend({
model: Machine,
url: '/api/rest/machine/',
parse: function(data){
return data.objects;
}
});
return Machines;
});
Model View
define(['underscore','backbone-tastypie'], function(_, Backbone) {
var MachineTableEntryView = Backbone.View.extend({
tagName: 'tr',
template: _.template($('#machine-row-template').html()),
render: function(){
$(this.el).html(this.template(this.model.toJSON()));
console.log('lol');
return this;
}
});
return MachineTableEntryView;
});
Main View
define(['underscore','backbone-tastypie','collections/machines','views/machine_table_entry'], function(_, Backbone, Machines, MachineTableEntryView) {
var MachineTableView = Backbone.View.extend({
el: $('#app'),
initialize: function(){
_.bindAll(this, 'addOne', 'addAll');
Machines.bind('reset', this.addAll);
this.machines = new Machines();
this.machines.fetch();
},
addAll: function(){
this.machines.each(this.addOne);
},
addOne: function(machine){
var view = new MachineTableEntryView({model:machine});
this.$('#machines').append(view.render().el);
},
});
return MachineTableView;
});
Best Answer
You need to bind the event listener to the instance of the collection you create, not the Collection constructor: