Computed properties in Backbone

Question

I have a scenario where the data being manipulated on the client is presented and interacted with in a different way than it is represented on the server.

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Answer 1

I am using a combination of the initialize() function together with change event listeners to update derived attributes. The idea is first to compute the attributes on model initialization, and second to let the model listen to its own changes and update the attributes accordingly.

My solution looks roughly like this:

MyModel: Backbone.Model.extend({
    initialize: function() {
        this.updateDerivedAttributes();
        this.on('change:start_at', this.updateDerivedAttributes, this);
    },
    updateDerivedAttributes: function() {
        this.set({
            start_date: Utils.dateFromDate( this.get( "start_at" ) ),
            start_time: Utils.timeFromDate( this.get( "start_at" ) ),
            duration: Utils.youGetTheIdea()
        }, {silent:true});
    }
});