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BackboneJS - Router Initialize
Description
It creates a new constructor for the router instantiation.
Syntax
new Router(options)
Parameters
options − These are passed to the initialize function.
Example
<!DOCTYPE html> <html> <head> <title>Router Example</title> <script src = "https://code.jquery.com/jquery-2.1.3.min.js" type = "text/javascript"></script> <script src = "https://cdnjs.cloudflare.com/ajax/libs/underscore.js/1.8.2/underscore-min.js" type = "text/javascript"></script> <script src = "https://cdnjs.cloudflare.com/ajax/libs/backbone.js/1.1.2/backbone-min.js" type = "text/javascript"></script> </head> <body> <script type = "text/javascript"> //'Router' is a name of the router class var Router = Backbone.Router.extend ({ //The 'routes' maps URLs with parameters to functions on your router routes: { '': 'myroute_1', 'myroute_2': 'myroute_2' }, //After executing the code, it will display this line myroute_1: function() { document.write("myroute one has been called."); }, //When you enter the #myroute_2 at the end of url, it will display this line myroute_2: function() { document.write("myroute two has been called."); }, }); //It is an instantiation of the router using the 'new' keyword var appRouter = new Router; //It start listening to the routes and manages the history for bookmarkable URL's Backbone.history.start(); </script> </body> </html>
Output
Let us carry out the following steps to see how the above code works −
Save the above code in the initialize.htm file.
Open this HTML file in a browser.
NOTE − The above functionality is related to the address bar. So, when you open the above code in a browser, it will show result as follows.
backbonejs_router.htm
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