Janice's Yolodex

[janicewilson]

ROLODEX

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Comprehension Questions

Question	Answer
What role does the Model play in Backbone?	The model is a constructor that enables instances with the same validations, attributions and defaults (aka logic).
How do Backbone Views compare to Rails controllers?	Whereas a specific url triggers a controller action in Rails, a defined event triggers an action in Backbone.
How do Backbone Events work in comparison to DOM events?	Backbone Events can be bound to a specific view.
What do you think of Backbone in comparison to raw JavaScript & jQuery?	Still confusing. But I'm muddling through.
Do you have any recommendations on how we could improve this project for the next cohort?	I'd never thought I'd offer this, but ... pair program the hell out of it.

[CheezItMan]

ROLODEX

What We're Looking For

Feature	Feedback
Core Requirements
Git hygiene	Good # of commits
Comprehension questions	Backbone Events can be listened to by any object, but are typically used for components to communicate changes. Otherwise good.
Functionality
Created a Contact Model	Check
Created a Rolodex Collection	Check
Created a ContactView which renders an individual contact	Check
ContactView responds to a click event when the user clicks on the contact	Check, although you have your ContactView using raw jQuery to modify an element outside of the view. It works, but isn't a best-practice as in Backbone views should only modify DOM elements within the view. A better method would be for the ContactView to trigger an event which the YolodexView would be listening to and that larger view which includes the modal could then render the appropriate content.
RolodexView created which renders the list of contacts	YolodexView, lol!
DOM Events handled for creating new Contacts	Check
The RolodexView responds to custom Backbone event generated by ContactView to show the modal	As noted above the Rolodex doesn't respond to events from the Contactviews.
Styling, Foundation grid layout	I like the enhanced styling
All dynamic content is rendered using an Underscore template	Check
Overall	Nice work overall, but you need to be careful to avoid raw jQuery in your Backbone Views.