Introduction to Marionette.js – The Backbone Framework/

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Routing Helpers

Routing Helpers

Learn how to change the root URL and how to create helper functions for routing in Marionette.

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Redirecting to #contacts at root URL

Here’s what we want to do if a user comes to our app at the root URL. We redirect them to #contacts.

The basic way of accomplishing this is the following:

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ContactManager.on("start", function(){ 
    if(Backbone.history){
        Backbone.history.start();
        if(Backbone.history.fragment === ""){
            Backbone.history.navigate("contacts");
            ContactManager.ContactsApp.List.Controller.listContacts();
        }
    }
});

In line 5, we check the URL fragment, i.e., the string that comes after index.html in the URL, ignoring the # character. If it’s empty, we need to redirect the user. However, in JavaScript web apps, ...