Can I bind form inputs to models in Backbone.js without manually tracking blur events?

Question

I have a backbone.js app (www.github.com/juggy/job-board) where I want to bind my form inputs directly to my model (a la Sproutcore).

Is it possible with Backbone.js (or

Answer 1

I'm working on corset, a form library for backbone.js inspired by the django forms module, but a little less ambitious in scope. Still working out the kinks, but it'll end up on github when at least semi-stable and functional.

The aim of corset is to have easily subclassed field classes so that you can build complex inputs for more complex use cases (cascading selects, etc). This approach renders each field as a separate view, and the form view is bound to a model and uses change events, blur events or submit events to update the model (configurable, blur is default). Each view has an overrideable getData function that per default maps to the jquery .val() function.

Using sensible defaults and a modelFormFactory function, we use corset (or the subset of it that is actually done yet) for rapid development, define a model using sensible attribute names, use modelFormFactory and you have instant edit UI.