Using the Backbone.js router to navigate through views modularized with require.js

Question

I am separating my views and router into separate files with require. I then have a main.js file that instantiates the router, and also renders my default view.

My r

Answer 1

I have a new solution for routing AMD modules.

RequireJS Router https://github.com/erikringsmuth/requirejs-router

This takes the approach of lazy loading AMD modules as you navigate to each page. With the Backbone router you need to require all of your views as dependencies up front. This loads all of your apps Javascript on the first page load. The RequireJS Router lazy loads modules as you navigate to each route.

Example main.js used to run your app

define([], function() {
  'use strict';

  // Configure require.js paths and shims
  require.config({
    paths: {
      'text': 'bower_components/requirejs-text/text',
      'router': 'bower_components/requirejs-router/router'
    }
  });

  // Load the router and your layout
  require(['router', 'js/layout/layoutView'], function(router, LayoutView) {
    var layoutView = new LayoutView();
    // The layout's render method should draw the header, footer, and an empty main-content section
    // then load the content section.
    // render: function() {
    //   this.$el.html(this.template({model: this.model}));
    //   router.loadCurrentRoute();
    // }

    // Configure the router
    router
      .registerRoutes({
        home: {path: '/', moduleId: 'home/homeView'},
        order: {path: '/order', moduleId: 'order/orderView'},
        notFound: {path: '*', moduleId: 'notFound/notFoundView'}
      })
      .on('statechange', function() {
        // Render the layout before loading the current route's module
        layoutView.render.call(layoutView);
      })
      .on('routeload', function(module, routeArguments) {
        // Attach the content view to the layoutView's main-content section
        layoutView.$('#main-content').replaceWith(new module(routeArguments).render().el);
      })
      .init({
        // We're manually calling loadCurrentRoute() from layoutView.render()
        loadCurrentRouteOnStateChange: false
      });
  );
);