Async JavaScript

Evented Models

When an object has a PubSub interface, we call it an evented object. A special case is when an object used to store data (a model) publishes events whenever its contents are modified. Models are the M in Model-View-Controller (MVC), which has become one of the hottest topics in JavaScript programming in the last few years. The core concept is that MVC applications are data-centric so that model events impact the DOM (aka the View) and the server (via the Controller).

Let’s look at the hugely popular Backbone.js framework.^[29] You create a new model like so:

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model just represents the simple object that was passed in.

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