How can I include jQueryUI in my modular backbone.js app using RequireJS?

Question

I want to include jQueryUI in my backbone.js app using RequireJS. The main.js file included in my index.html is as follows:

require.config({
    paths: {
            jquery: 'libs/jquery/jquery-1.7.2.min',
            jqueryui: 'libs/jquery/jquery-ui-1.8.18.custom.min',
            underscore: 'libs/underscore/underscore-min',
            backbone: 'libs/backbone/backbone-optamd3-min',
            text: 'libs/require/text',
            templates: 'templates'
       }

});

require(['app'], function(App){
    App.start();
});

And for each model/view/router file, I just include the 'jquery' namespace at the start of the "define" block as follows:

define([
    'jquery',
    'underscore',
    'backbone',
    'views/categoryview',
    'text!templates/category.html'
    ], function($, _, Backbone, CategoryView, categoryTemplate){
        // Here comes my code
});

But the jQueryUI could not be used in these files. Is there something wrong with my code? Or should I also include the "jqueryui" in each "define" block? But if I include "jqueryui" in the "define" block, How should I name it in the function to avoid name conflict with jquery?

Answer 1

While kujakettu's answer is at least partially correct I also had to specify jQuery as a dependancy in my shim to be sure jQuery was loaded before jQuery-UI.

e.g.

require.config({
    baseUrl: 'scripts/modules',
    paths:{
        jquery:'../libs/jquery',
        jqueryUI:"../libs/jquery-ui",
        underscore:'../libs/underscore',
        backbone:'../libs/backbone'
    },
    shim: {
        jqueryUI: {
            deps: ['jquery']
        },
        underscore: {
            exports: '_'
        },
        backbone: {
            deps: ["underscore", "jquery"],
            exports: "Backbone"
        },
        waitSeconds: 15
    }
});

Answer 2

Quite old post. There's a tool available to convert jquery ui files to AMD version, created by jrburke. Hope it would be useful!