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Backbone.js is not a constructor error when create instance of view

I am a new user to backbone.js and testing how could i work around with it, the last few days i was testing how could i use route to change view data via a collection.

In the current situation i was stuck with an issue that when i am trying to create an instance of ScheduleView in the router.js the console log this error message:

TypeError: ScheduleView is not a constructor

Below code of the three pages of schedule module {view, collection, model} + the router.js

The router

// Filename: router.js
define([
    'jquery',    
    'underscore',
    'backbone',
    'app/views/schedule',
    'app/collections/schedule'
], function($, _, Backbone, ScheduleView, ScheduleCollection) {
    var AppRouter = Backbone.Router.extend({
        routes: {
            // Define some URL routes
            'schedule': 'scheduleRoute',
            // Default
            '*actions': 'defaultRoute'
        },
        scheduleRoute: function() {
            // Create a new instance of the collection
            // You need to set the url in the collection as well to hit the server
            var schedulecollection = new ScheduleCollection();
            // Pass in the collection as the view expects it
            console.log(typeof(ScheduleView));
            var scheduleview = new ScheduleView({
                collection: schedulecollection
            });            
           // No need of calling render here
           // as the render is hooked up to the reset event on collection          
        },
        defaultRoute: function(actions) {            
            // We have no matching route, lets display the home page
            //DashboardView.render();
        }
    });

    var initialize = function() {                
        var app_router = new AppRouter;
        Backbone.history.start();
    };
    return {
        initialize: initialize
    };
});

The View

// Filename: views/schedule
define([
    'jquery',
    'underscore',
    'backbone',
    'app/collections/schedule',
    'text!templates/schedule.html'
], function ($, _, Backbone, ScheduleCollection, ScheduleTemplate) {

    var scheduleView = Backbone.View.extend({        
        el: $(".app"),
        initialize: function () {
            // Listen to the reset event which would call render
            this.listenTo(this.collection, 'reset', this.render);
            // Fetch the collection that will populate the collection
            // with the response 
            this.collection.fetch();
        },
        render: function () {
            //console.log('schedule view loaded successfully');  
            console.log(this.collection);
        }
    });        
});

The collection

// Filename: collections/schedule
define([
    'jquery',
    'underscore',
    'backbone',
    'app/models/schedule'
], function ($, _, Backbone, ScheduleModel) {
    var ScheduleCollection = Backbone.Collection.extend({
        model: ScheduleModel,
        url: "http://sam-client:8888/sam-client/i/schedule",
        initialize: function () {
            //console.log('schedule collections loaded successfully');
        }
    });
    return ScheduleCollection;
});

The Model

// Filename: models/schedule
define([
    'underscore',
    'backbone',
    'app/config'], function (_, Backbone, Config) {
    var ScheduleModel = Backbone.Model.extend({
        // If you have any
        //idAttribute : 'someId'
        // You can leave this as is if you set the idAttribute
        // which would be apprnded directly to the url
        urlRoot: "http://sam-client:8888/sam-client/i/schedule",
        defaults: {
            feedback: 'N/A'
        },
        initialize: function () {
            console.log('schedule model loaded successfully');
        }
    });
    return ScheduleModel;

});
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ahmedsaber111 Avatar asked Aug 25 '13 10:08

ahmedsaber111


1 Answers

Looks like your ScheduleView is undefined - you didn't export anything from the module. You seem to have forgotten the line

return scheduleView;
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Bergi Avatar answered Sep 28 '22 14:09

Bergi