- Introduction & Syllabus
- 1. Front End Fundamentals
- 2. Object-Oriented Javascript
- 3. Project #1
- 4. Ruby
- 5. Full Stack Sinatra
- 6. Project #2
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7.
Ruby on Rails
- 7.1. Developer Workflow
- 7.2. Digital Ocean/PaaS
- 7.3. Digital Ocean Lab
- 7.4. Building a webserver
- 7.5. Getting started with Rails
- 7.6. Rails Model Attributes
- 7.7. Rails File Structure
- 7.8. Sinatra vs Rails
- 7.9. Rails Generate Lab
- 7.10. Day 1 - After Hours
- 7.11. Rails Form Helpers
- 7.12. Rails Form Helpers Lab
- 7.13. Authentication
- 7.14. Videos & Source Code
- 8. Underscore.js
- 9. Backbone.js
- 10. Project #3
- 11. Node, Express.js, MongoDB
- 12. Angular.js & TDD
- 13. Portfolio Project
- Published with GitBook
Backbone.js Collections
Questions to Consider
Q: Wouldn't it be nice if we could automatically bind data to the APIs we've been building?
Q: If you could write a really, really simple way to work with an entire API, how would you?
Introducing Collections
- Imagine being able to communicate directly to an API
- A list of models for each entry in an API
- A... list.... a... COLLECTION
- A collection is the actual Backbone of Backbone.js
- A collection of models; each model is like a vertabrae
