Marionette Modules

[gregtap]

It would be very interesting to see how to solve the use of Marionette modules in a separate file than application.coffee in a Brunch context.

https://github.com/marionettejs/backbone.marionette/blob/master/docs/marionette.application.module.md

MyApp.module "MyApp.ModuleA", (ModuleA, MyApp, Backbone, Marionette, $, _) ->
  ModuleA.addInitializer ->
    console.log "START MODULE A"

[DorianListens]

Is there any way to get this to work? It seems to be a problem with the fact that Brunch wraps everything as CommonJs modules, and that breaks Marionette's built in module system.

Any pointers?

[gregtap]

Hi Dorian, I could not find a proper way so I just crammed up stuff in one file: https://github.com/novapost/dragndoc/blob/master/app/application.coffee

[DorianListens]

Okay, I guess that's what I'll have to do for now then. Thanks for the quick reply! Hopefully this is something that'll be fixable in the future?

[simb]

Hey All,

So maybe I set things up differently than most so I'd love to get your feedback. In this skeletons application.coffee I export an instance of the application. Which means from anywhere you can do `app = require('application') and get the single instance of your application.
https://github.com/SimbCo/brunch-with-marionette/blob/master/app/application.coffee

So I have always kept all my modules in other files and I set them up something like this.

application = require 'application' Layout = require('./views/DataEntryLayout')

module.exports = application.module("DataEntry", ( mod, app, Backbone, Marionette, $, _ )=>

mod.startWithParent = false;

mod.addInitializer( (options) =>

    ViewController = require './controllers/ViewController'
    MainController = require './controllers/MainController'

    mod.viewController = new ViewController()
    mod.mainController = new MainController()

    mod.layout = new Layout()
    mod.layout.render()

    # Freeze the object
    #Object.freeze? this
)

mod.on("start", =>
    mod.viewController.dispatch("load:de_home")
)

mod.on('render', =>

)

mod.on('before:stop', =>
    application.model.set("userHasEditedRecord",false)
)

mod.addFinalizer( =>
    mod.viewController.stopListening()
    mod.mainController.stopListening()
    delete mod.viewController
    delete mod.mainController
)

)

I have some other stuff in there from a project I call Paddles which decouples the marionette controllers from the routing mechanism. But the point is to show that you can separate your modules right now.

[gregtap]

Nice trick, you are right it is possible.

[simb]

Ok, cool. Let me know if someone thinks of a way to improve this.