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Easily setup and use backbone.js with Symfony 2.1.1 and greater (it probably works in older versions but not tested)

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What you need

This bundle requires Symfony 2.1.1 or greater (it probably works in older versions but not tested)

The latest versions of jquery, underscore.js and backbone.js are included.

Installation

Step 1: Download DevtimeBackboneBundle using composer

Add DevtimeBackboneBundle in your composer.json:

{
    "require": {
        "devtime/backbone-bundle": "dev-master"
    }
}

Now tell *composer to download the bundle by running the command:

$ php composer.phar update devtime/backbone-bundle

Composer will install the bundle to your project's vendor/devtime directory.

• Note: If you don't have Composer yet, download it following the instructions on http://getcomposer.org/ or just run the following command:

curl -s https://getcomposer.org/installer | php

Step 2: Enable the bundle

Enable the bundle in the kernel:

<?php
// app/AppKernel.php

public function registerBundles()
{
    $bundles = array(
        // ...
        new Devtime\BackboneBundle\DevtimeBackboneBundle(),
    );
}

Layout / Directory structure

Create the basic directory structure for your backbone files. Remember that you only need to do this once!.

php app/console backbone:install AcmeDemoBundle

This will create the following directory structure under Resources/public/js/:

    routers/
    models/
    collections/
    templates/
    views/

It will also create a toplevel app.js file to setup namespacing and setup initial requires.

After this you need to install (publish) your assets

php app/console assets:install

And you should see all the files now under your web dir ready for your template! web/bundles/acmedemo/js/

// src/Acme/DemoBundle/Resources/views/layout.html.twig
        {% block javascripts %}
            <script src="{{ asset('bundles/acmedemo/js/jquery.min.js') }}" type="text/javascript"></script>
            <script src="{{ asset('bundles/acmedemo/js/underscore.js') }}" type="text/javascript"></script>
            <script src="{{ asset('bundles/acmedemo/js/backbone.js') }}" type="text/javascript"></script>
            <script src="{{ asset('bundles/acmedemo/js/app.js') }}" type="text/javascript"></script>
        {% endblock %}

After putting this in your template and reloading the page you should see a popup message saying: "Hellow from Backbone!"

Scaffolding

This bundle provides a simple generator to help you get started with your backbone.js classes. The generator will only create client side code (javascript).

php app/console backbone:scaffold AcmeDemoBundle model

The scaffold generator creates skeleton router, view, model and collection classes

Example Usage

php app/console backbone:install AcmeDemoBundle

Installing backbone for bundle "AcmeDemoBundle"
create /Resources/public/js/collections
create /Resources/public/js/models
create /Resources/public/js/routers
create /Resources/public/js/views
create /Resources/public/js/templates
create /Resources/public/js/backbone.js
create /Resources/public/js/underscore.js
create /Resources/public/js/app.js
create /Resources/public/js/jquery.min.js

php app/console backbone:scaffold AcmeDemoBundle entry

Generating backbone scaffold classes for bundle "AcmeDemoBundle"
create /Resources/public/js/models/entry.js
create /Resources/public/js/collections/entries.js
create /Resources/public/js/routers/entries_router.js
create /Resources/public/js/views/entries/entries_index.js

php app/console assets:install

Output dir structure

src/Acme/DemoBundle/Resources/public/js/
|-- app.js
|-- backbone.js
|-- collections
|   `-- entries.js
|-- jquery.min.js
|-- models
|   `-- entry.js
|-- routers
|   `-- entries_router.js
|-- templates
|-- underscore.js
`-- views
    `-- entries
        `-- entries_index.js

Install without javascript assets

php app/console backbone:install DevtimeRafflerBundle --no-underscore --no-backbone --no-jquery

Using another jquery version or CDN hosted jquery

If you want to use your own jquery lib, just remove the jquery line in your template:

<script src="{{ asset('/bundles/acmedemo/js/jquery.min.js') }}" type="text/javascript"></script>

And make sure the other lines are AFTER your jquery lib is included:

{% block head %}
...
        {% block javascripts %}
            <script src="http://code.jquery.com/jquery-1.8.3.min.js" type="text/javascript"></script>
            <script src="{{ asset('/bundles/acmedemo/js/underscore.js') }}" type="text/javascript"></script>
            <script src="{{ asset('/bundles/acmedemo/js/backbone.js') }}" type="text/javascript"></script>
            <script src="{{ asset('/bundles/acmedemo/js/app.js') }}" type="text/javascript"></script>
        {% endblock %}
{% endblock %}
        

Sample App

This simple app was created with this bundle: https://github.com/gigo6000/DevtimeRafflerBundle