Node.js By Example

Defining a controller

The role of controllers in our context will be to orchestrate the pages. In other words, they will act as page wrappers that manage the processes that happen between subcomponents. The content of the controllers/Home.js file is as follows:

module.exports = Ractive.extend({
  template: require('../../tpl/home'),
  components: {
    navigation: require('../views/Navigation'),
    appfooter: require('../views/Footer')
  },
  onrender: function() {
    console.log('Home page rendered');
  }
});

Before you go through the properties of the template and components, we have to say a few words about onrender. The Ractive.js components provide an interface to define handlers for processes that happen internally at each stage of the component's life cycle. ...