Introduction to Marionette.js – The Backbone Framework/

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Passing Parameters to Views and SerializeData

Learn how to add a delay to display our contact list until all the contacts are loaded.

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Using the intialize function
Using getOption

Let’s take a step back and think about our app for a second. Our List controller displays a loading view saying that data is being loaded with an artificial delay. However, that’s not true. We need some way to display a different loading message for our List submodule.

We could simply add a new template with a different loading message and provide the proper template when instantiating the view, as we saw earlier. It would work, but it would be a dirty hack.

Given that our loading view is intended to ...

Introduction

Displaying a Static View

Displaying a Model

Displaying a Collection of Models

Structuring Code with Modules

Creating Tables in Views

Events, Bubbling, and TriggerMethod

Displaying Contacts in Dedicated Views

Implementing Routing

Dealing with Persisted Data

Handling Data Latency

Managing Forms

Displaying a Modal Window

Complex Views and Base Views

Managing Dialogs with a Dedicated Region

Filtering Contacts

Addition to Sub-Application

Conclusion

Appendix: Using Web Storage for Persistence

Appendix: Creating a FilteredCollection

Passing Parameters to Views and SerializeData