Atom Backbone.js Package

Atom Backbone provides Backbone shortcuts for CoffeeScript, JavaScript and HTML

Key features:

• HTML micro-template language, autocompletion and snippets
• Backbone.LayoutManager autocompletion and snippets
• CoffeeScript and JavaScript support (Coming Soon: TypeScript)
• Programmatic Helpers and Common Patterns snippets
• AMD and CommonJS wrapper snippets

Autocompletion Support

Backbone plugin have autocompletion support all of the Backbone methods and classes. It also includes Underscore or Lo-dash autocompletion.

Base Snippet Activators

• model: Creates model snippet
• view: Creates view snippet
• collection: Creates collection snippet
• router: Creates router snippet
• layout: Creates Backbone LayoutManager's layout

Programmatic Helpers, Patterns

• modelview: Creates model view helper snippet
• collectionview: Creates collection view helper snippet
• super: Creates super method caller
• template: Creates _.template snippet
• history: Generates Bacbone.Histroy.start function
• layoutconfig: Generates Backbone LayoutManager configuration scope

Template Helpers

All template helpers works in HTML scope. They all have "%" prefix.

• %: Generates <% %>
• %=: Generates <%= %>
• %if: Generates if helper in template with template syntax.
• %ifels: Generates if-else helper in template with template syntax
• %for: Generates for loop in template syntax
• %in: Geneates for-in loop in template syntax
• %each: Genearates _.each loop in template syntax
• %template: Generates script template tag

AMD Helpers

def prefix generates AMD wrapper. It puts the keyword to the body and you should push tab key after body.

• defmodel: Generates AMD for model class
• defview: Generates AMD for view class
• defcollection: Generates AMD for collection class
• defrouter: Generates AMD for router class
• deflayout: Generates AMD for layout class

CommonJS Helpers

exp prefix generates CommonJS wrapper (you can remember with "export"). It puts the keyword to the body and you should push tab key after body.

• expmodel: Generates CommonJS module for model class
• expview: Generates CommonJS module for view class
• expcollection: Generates CommonJS module for collection class
• exprouter: Generates CommonJS module for router class
• explayout: Generates CommonJS module for layout class