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Mastering Backbone.js

You're reading from   Mastering Backbone.js Design and build scalable web applications using Backbone.js

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Product type Paperback
Published in Jan 2016
Publisher Packt
ISBN-13 9781783288496
Length 278 pages
Edition 1st Edition
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Preface 1. Architecture of a Backbone application 2. Managing Views FREE CHAPTER 3. Model Bindings 4. Modular Code 5. Dealing with Files 6. Store data in the Browser 7. Build Like a Pro 8. Testing Backbone Applications 9. Deploying to Production 10. Authentication Index

Region

A common use case is to swap between views in a common DOM element; this can be done by using the same el property in both views and calling the render() method on the view you want to see. But this way doesn't clean the memory and event bindings because both views will remain live in memory, even if they are not in the DOM.

A particularly useful scenario is when you need to switch between sub-applications, because sub-applications are rendered in the same DOM element normally. For example, when a user wants to edit contact information, he/she will click on an Edit button, and the current view will be replaced with an edit form.

Region

Figure 2.2: Swapping views with regions

To switch between views, a Region class could be used as shown next:

var mainRegion = new Region({el: '#main'});
var contactViewer = new ContactViewer({model: contact});

contactViewer.on('edit:contact', function(contact) {
  var editContact = new EditContactView({ model: contact });
  mainRegion...
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